Maritime history books

5318 books were found.

Sexual and Gender Difference in the British Navy, 1690-1900

Sexual and Gender Difference in the British Navy, 1690-1900...

Author: Seth Stein LeJacq
ISBN: 9781032409900
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This volume is a collection of a variety of important records that will give readers insight into key themes into...  Read More >>

Shipwrecks and the Maritime History of Singapore

Shipwrecks and the Maritime History of Singapore

Author: Kwa Chong Guan
ISBN: 9789815104271
Format: Hardback
$104.00

On 16 June 2021 the National Heritage Board announced the conclusion of the archaeological excavation of two shipwrecks...  Read More >>

The Renaissance: A Quick Read

The Renaissance: A Quick Read

Author: Brooke Bonham ,  Allison Bonham
ISBN: 9798883135407
Format: Paperback
$29.01

Title: The Renaissance: A Quick Read Embark on a captivating journey through history with ""The Renaissance: A Quick...  Read More >>

The Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier

The Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages...

Author: Stephen Leacock
ISBN: 9781779450050
Format: Paperback
$34.29

The Mariner of St. Malo is a classic Canadian history biography  Read More >>

Hooghly: The Global History of a River

Hooghly: The Global History of a River

Author: Robert Ivermee
ISBN: 9781911723349
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A lyrical history of one of India's great rivers--the entry-point of maritime commercial colonialism, and the life-sustaining...  Read More >>

The Zong Lib/E: A Massacre, the Law & the End of Slavery

The Zong Lib/E: A Massacre, the Law & the End of Slavery...

Author: James Walvin ,  Derek Perkins
ISBN: 9798874686246
Format: Audio
$176.85

"The first full review of the mass murder by crew members on the slave ship Zong and the lasting repercussions of...  Read More >>

Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650

Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company:...

Author: David Howarth
ISBN: 9780300276497
Format: Paperback
$26.95

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

Southwest Virginia and Maritime Disasters: From the SS Vestris to the Morro Castle and Beyond

Southwest Virginia and Maritime Disasters: From the...

Author: Brandon Whited
ISBN: 9781467155915
Format: Paperback
$65.97

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La marine militaire de la France en 1845

La marine militaire de la France en 1845

Author: Jurien de la Gravière
ISBN: 9783988817754
Format: Paperback
$34.29

... Pour sauver notre marine d'une ruine totale, il fut heureux que tant de leçons nous eussent enfin obligés à...  Read More >>

A Crisis of Loyalties: The Destruction and Abandonment of the Gosport Navy Yard [Standard Color]

A Crisis of Loyalties: The Destruction and Abandonment...

Author: Stephen Chapin Kinnaman
ISBN: 9781648899041
Format: Paperback
$216.48

In the opening days of the American Civil War, the U.S. Navy suffered the catastrophic loss of its most valuable...  Read More >>

A Crisis of Loyalties: The Destruction and Abandonment of the Gosport Navy Yard [B&W]

A Crisis of Loyalties: The Destruction and Abandonment...

Author: Stephen Chapin Kinnaman
ISBN: 9781648899065
Format: Paperback
$153.12

In the opening days of the American Civil War, the U.S. Navy suffered the catastrophic loss of its most valuable...  Read More >>

Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk

Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage...

Author: Buddy Levy
ISBN: 9781250871633
Format: Paperback
$36.99

The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it....  Read More >>

One Crew: The RNLI's Official 200-Year History

One Crew: The RNLI's Official 200-Year History

Author: Helen Doe ,  HRH The Duke of Kent
ISBN: 9781398122352
Format: Hardback
$59.49

This book takes a fresh look at the creation of the Institution, and its early founders and examines how it has...  Read More >>

A Brief History of the Titanic - Fascinating Historical Facts of Titanic's Tragic Tale

A Brief History of the Titanic - Fascinating Historical...

Author: Scott Matthews
ISBN: 9781923168077
Format: Paperback
$26.37

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A Brief History of the Titanic - Fascinating Historical Facts of Titanic's Tragic Tale

A Brief History of the Titanic - Fascinating Historical...

Author: Scott Matthews
ISBN: 9781923168084
Format: Hardback
$65.97

Eager to uncover the truths behind the Titanic's legendary voyage? Fascinated by the tales of luxury and disaster...  Read More >>

The Wager

The Wager

Author: David Grann
ISBN: 9781471183706
Format: Paperback
$24.99

From the international bestselling author of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE LOST CITY OF Z, a mesmerising story...  Read More >>

Documenting Maritime Heritage at Risk: Digital Tools, Communities, and Institutions

Documenting Maritime Heritage at Risk: Digital Tools,...

Author: Elizabeth Shotton (University College Dublin, Ireland) ,  Oriel Prizeman (Cardiff University, United Kingdom)
ISBN: 9781032472089
Format: Hardback
$116.00

Documenting Maritime Heritage at Risk addresses the risks posed to coastal piers and quays due to climate change,...  Read More >>

Sailor Talk: Labor, Utterance, and Meaning in the Works of Melville, Conrad, and London

Sailor Talk: Labor, Utterance, and Meaning in the Works...

Author: Mary K. Bercaw Edwards
ISBN: 9781802075410
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This book investigates the highly engaging topic of the literary and cultural significance of ‘sailor talk.’ The...  Read More >>

Privacy at Sea: Practices, Spaces, and Communication in Maritime History

Privacy at Sea: Practices, Spaces, and Communication...

Author: Natacha Klein Käfer
ISBN: 9783031358463
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book explores the idea of privacy at sea, from early sixteenth-century maritime expansions to nineteenth-century...  Read More >>

Maritime Culture and Everyday Life in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Coastal Ghana: A Social History of Cape Coast

Maritime Culture and Everyday Life in Nineteenth- and...

Author: Kwaku Nti
ISBN: 9780253067920
Format: Paperback
$80.99

The communities along the coastline of Ghana boast a long and vibrant maritime culture. In the nineteenth and early...  Read More >>

Pirates: The Truth Behind the Robbers of the High Seas

Pirates: The Truth Behind the Robbers of the High Seas...

Author: Nigel Cawthorne ,  Mack Gordon
ISBN: 9798228483903
Format: Audio
$121.31

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Pirates: The Truth Behind the Robbers of the High Seas

Pirates: The Truth Behind the Robbers of the High Seas...

Author: Nigel Cawthorne ,  Mack Gordon
ISBN: 9798228483910
Format: Audio
$121.41

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Maritime Culture and Everyday Life in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Coastal Ghana: A Social History of Cape Coast

Maritime Culture and Everyday Life in Nineteenth- and...

Author: Kwaku Nti
ISBN: 9780253067913
Format: Hardback
$185.00

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Blood and Ink: The Barbary Archive in Early American Literary History

Blood and Ink: The Barbary Archive in Early American...

Author: Jacob Crane
ISBN: 9781625347411
Format: Paperback
$67.10

An estimated seven hundred American citizens, sailors, and naval officers were taken captive over the course of...  Read More >>

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