Maritime history books

The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company—from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch—to laying...  Read More >>

The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company—from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch—to laying...  Read More >>

"China's Law of the Sea is the first comprehensive study of the law and geopolitics of China's maritime disputes....  Read More >>

"China's Law of the Sea is the first comprehensive study of the law and geopolitics of China's maritime disputes....  Read More >>

This page-turning narrative follows the twists and turns of the life of hostage-turned-diplomat James Leander Cathcart...  Read More >>

This page-turning narrative follows the twists and turns of the life of hostage-turned-diplomat James Leander Cathcart...  Read More >>

A Poetic History of the Oceans provides the reader with a stunning overview of how writers, sailors, painters, scientists,...  Read More >>

The Van Speijk class frigates were equipped with Dutch electronics/sensors. The British Leander design was chosen...  Read More >>

SKÅNE -Landet mot kontinenten- är en krönika fram till sekelskiftet 1900 om hur resandet gestaltade sig under flera...  Read More >>

One of the best collections of pictures of fishing vessels ever assembled  Read More >>

"The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company--from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch--to laying...  Read More >>

"China's Law of the Sea is the first comprehensive study of the law and geopolitics of China's maritime disputes....  Read More >>

In 1785, a young American named James Leander Cathcart is kidnapped at sea and carried as prisoner to the maverick...  Read More >>

"A detailed and riveting account of the U.S. Navy's greatest mutiny and its wide-ranging cultural and historical...  Read More >>

Offers a wealth of insight into the emergence of the Hawaiian nation-state from sources mostly ignored by historians....  Read More >>

Offers a wealth of insight into the emergence of the Hawaiian nation-state from sources mostly ignored by historians....  Read More >>

Drawing on substantial collections of previously unpublished papers, this book examines personal experiences of...  Read More >>

This book offers a study of so-called ‘Maritime Averages’, a variety of risk management instruments used in maritime...  Read More >>

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This dictionary is the most comprehensive work of reference on the ship portraitists and marine artists who worked...  Read More >>

An immersive history of a pivotal stretch of water 'Fascinating, spellbinding, erudite and great fun.' Roddy Doyle...  Read More >>

This is the story of William Dampier: pirate, explorer, ground-breaking author, master navigator and natural historian....  Read More >>

With evidence from prose romance, book illustration, theatrical performance, cosmological ceilings, and almanacs,...  Read More >>

Economic Warfare and the Sea examines the relationship between trade, maritime warfare, and strategic thought between...  Read More >>