Maritime history books

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Women have a long history of keeping the lights burning, yet their stories are little known. Guiding Lights includes...  Read More >>

A stunning behind-the-curtain look into the last years of the illegal transatlantic slave trade in the United States...  Read More >>

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A dark secret lurked aboard HMAS Australia, the flagship of the Royal Australian Navy. In 1942, with a Japanese...  Read More >>

A titanic history of the three great oceans - the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Indian - and of mankind's relationship...  Read More >>

Using the reports generated by seven different accidents on railroads and steamboats between 1833 and 1876, it is...  Read More >>

A wide-ranging history of the parallel development of the US Navy and Royal Navy and maritime airpower over the...  Read More >>

This volume demonstrates ways in which an understanding of history can be used to inform present-day transport and...  Read More >>

Examining Britain’s imperial outposts in 1920s East Asia, this book explores the changes and challenges affecting...  Read More >>

Maritime yarns and anecdotes gathered over many years working at the ancient Waterford Harbour  Read More >>

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In Search of the Woman who Sailed the World is an ode to the sea, to science and to one remarkable woman who, like...  Read More >>

Set against the backdrop of a China devastated by invading Japanese armies and the storm clouds of world war gathering...  Read More >>

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1846 in eine moderne Familie in Berlin geboren, gehorte Paul G. Hoffmann zu den fruhen deutschen Seeoffizieren und...  Read More >>

Nusantaria – often referred to as 'Maritime Southeast Asia' – is the world's largest archipelago and has, for centuries,...  Read More >>

How the Golden Age of transatlantic travel between the wars transformed women's lives across all classes - a vivid...  Read More >>

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"An heir to an established land-owning aristocratic family in Barbados, Major Stede Bonnet enjoyed luxuries equal...  Read More >>

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