Maritime history books

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200 Years of Lifesaving at Sea

200 Years of Lifesaving at Sea

Author: Mirrorpix
ISBN: 9781803994413
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A photographic history of lifesaving at sea, told through the camera lens of the Reach (Mirrorpix) archives.  Read More >>

How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History

How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History

Author: Josephine Quinn
ISBN: 9781526605191
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, The Rest is Politics and Waterstones Highlight for 2024 'Quinn has done...  Read More >>

Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End

Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World...

Author: Darrel Bristow-Bovey
ISBN: 9781915563002
Format: Paperback
$25.99

Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance was discovered below the Antarctic ice in March 2022, 106 years after it sank,...  Read More >>

The Renaissance: A Quick Read

The Renaissance: A Quick Read

Author: Brooke Bonham ,  Allison Bonham
ISBN: 9798883135407
Format: Paperback
$18.45

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

How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History

How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History

Author: Josephine Quinn
ISBN: 9781526605184
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, The Rest is Politics and Waterstones Highlight for 2024 'Quinn has done...  Read More >>

Atlas of Shipwrecks and Fortunes of the Sea

Atlas of Shipwrecks and Fortunes of the Sea

Author: Karin Doering-Froger ,  Cyril Hofstein
ISBN: 9780764367267
Format: Hardback
$65.00

This new title in this bestselling series relates 37 stories of shipwrecks, great discoveries, mysteries, and...  Read More >>

Deep Water: the world in the ocean

Deep Water: the world in the ocean

Author: James Bradley
ISBN: 9781914484605
Format: Hardback
$51.75

‘Wise, compassionate, and urgent.’ Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland A Bookseller Nonfiction Editor’s Choice...  Read More >>

Seafaring and Mobility in the Late Antique Mediterranean

Seafaring and Mobility in the Late Antique Mediterranean...

Author: Dr Antti Lampinen (Finnish Institute at Athens, Greece) ,  Dr Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland)
ISBN: 9781350201743
Format: Paperback
$59.99

More than any other type of environment, with the possible exception of mountains, the sea has been understood since...  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 >>

Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories

Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories

Author: Amitav Ghosh
ISBN: 9781529349252
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The Booker-shortlisted author of the Ibis trilogy explores the impact of opium on global history, economies, cultures,...  Read More >>

A Journey Through Time Exploring the Wonders of Time Dilation

A Journey Through Time Exploring the Wonders of Time...

Author: Anika Banerjee
ISBN: 9798869146847
Format: Paperback
$66.00

The concept of time Time is an important aspect of our lives. When we are born and when we die is based on time....  Read More >>

Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories

Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories

Author: Amitav Ghosh
ISBN: 9781529349245
Format: Hardback
$49.99

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The Untold Story of Captain James Cook RN: Revelations of a Historical Researcher

The Untold Story of Captain James Cook RN: Revelations...

Author: Colin Waters
ISBN: 9781399056960
Format: Hardback
$65.00

Verifiable, history-changing revelations using intensive research & numerous photographs.  Read More >>

Manxmen at Sea in the Age of Nelson, 1760-1815

Manxmen at Sea in the Age of Nelson, 1760-1815

Author: Matthew Richardson
ISBN: 9781399044493
Format: Hardback
$66.00

Major contribution to the study of 18th Century and Napoleonic naval warfare.  Read More >>

The Art of Naval Portraiture

The Art of Naval Portraiture

Author: Katherine Gazzard
ISBN: 9781739154202
Format: Hardback
$77.63

Charting the changing relationship between art and war this book includes likenesses of famous - and infamous -...  Read More >>

S-class destroyer Piet Hein (ex HMS Serapis)

S-class destroyer Piet Hein (ex HMS Serapis)

Author: Jantinus Mulder ,  Henk Visser
ISBN: 9789464561920
Format: Paperback
$49.03

Ordered by the Royal Navy in 1941, the destroyers of the 5th Emergency Flotilla became known as S-class and served...  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

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

A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

Author: David Gibbins
ISBN: 9781399603492
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A history of the world through 12 shipwrecks, from ancient Rome to WW2, by world renowned underwater archaeologist...  Read More >>

A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

Author: David Gibbins
ISBN: 9781399603485
Format: Hardback
$59.99

A history of the world through 12 shipwrecks, from ancient Rome to WW2, by world renowned underwater archaeologist...  Read More >>

The Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates

The Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring...

Author: David Head ,  David Head
ISBN: 9798874780555
Format: Audio
$121.31

Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays...  Read More >>

The Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates

The Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring...

Author: David Head ,  David Head
ISBN: 9798874780548
Format: Audio
$131.97

Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays...  Read More >>

A Maritime Vietnam: From Earliest Times to the Nineteenth Century

A Maritime Vietnam: From Earliest Times to the Nineteenth...

Author: Tana Li (Australian National University, Canberra)
ISBN: 9781009237642
Format: Paperback
$67.25

Li Tana presents a powerful new reading of Vietnamese history: that key political changes resulted from the impact,...  Read More >>

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