Maritime history books

Histories of remote islands around Japan are usually told through the prism of territorial disputes. In contrast,...  Read More >>

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A biography of Sarah Kidd, the wife of the famous pirate Captain Kidd, charting her transformation from New York...  Read More >>

This two-volume set highlights the importance of Iberian shipbuilding in the centuries of the so-called first globalization...  Read More >>

A true story of royal intrigue--with famed diarist Samuel Pepys as the main protagonist--as a fatal shipwreck on...  Read More >>

This volume sheds new light on one of the most remarkable polymaths of the English Renaissance.  Read More >>

"""The final book from David Graeber, the iconic intellectual, activist, and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller...  Read More >>

New details about the founding of China’s Navy reveals critical historical context and insight into future strategy...  Read More >>

Sea of Pearls tells the story of pearl fishing in the Gulf, and the role that this timeless industry played in global...  Read More >>

An exploration of how the British Empire policed piracy that balances a sociological investigation into maritime...  Read More >>

From a brilliant Brookings Institution expert, an “important” (The Wall Street Journal) and “penetrating historical...  Read More >>

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This book explores how models of non-European watercrafts - specifically those from the Indian Ocean - commonly...  Read More >>

The universe of actors involved in international cybersecurity includes both state actors and semi- and non-state...  Read More >>

The European World 1500-1800 provides a concise and authoritative textbook for the centuries between the Renaissance...  Read More >>

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The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised  Read More >>

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Winner of the Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society (ANZLHS) Prize for 2023 Maritime workers occupy...  Read More >>

The book provides a pre-settlement historical account of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in their...  Read More >>

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U-505 was the first enemy warship the US Navy captured at sea since 1812. This is a new account of how Captain Gallery...  Read More >>

A thought-provoking look at the life of the seagoing life of Elizabethan and Jacobean times  Read More >>

The first book to reveal the dramatic true story of the crossing of Antarctica  Read More >>