Maritime history books

This book presents a set of protocols to establish the need for wood samples from shipwrecks and to guide archaeologists...  Read More >>

Within the research project known as ‘Harbours from the Roman Period to Middle Ages’, an international conference...  Read More >>

Two Voyages is a fabulously illustrated examination of the tragic first meeting between Māori and Europeans, and...  Read More >>

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Describes the very significant but little known naval campaign in the Western Approaches  Read More >>

A new strand in the Anatomy Series including the archaeology of the ships. With over 100 perspective and 3-view...  Read More >>

A profile and history of the 20th century boat builders of Battery Point, in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; their...  Read More >>

Reproduces a complete set of official Admiralty plans, all in full colour  Read More >>

The first book on ocean liners to look at the complete story of their development  Read More >>

Two young officers' extraordinary eyewitness accounts of Cook's search for the elusive Northwest Passage depict...  Read More >>

At the height of the Second World War this small pocket-book was issued to all ratings on board ships of the Royal...  Read More >>

This new addition to the best-selling Conway pocket-book range features Admiral Nelson’s fully preserved flagship...  Read More >>

"""""The art of command is…to be the complete master, and yet the complete friend of every man on board; the temporal...  Read More >>

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"A BOOK OF DISCOVERY""The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South...  Read More >>

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Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes traces the evolution of the Great Lakes shipping industry over the last...  Read More >>

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Focuses on grand strategic approaches to the South China Sea dispute by major powers in the region - those capable...  Read More >>

Indeed, there will never be another ship like the iconic RMS Queen Mary. A prodigy of the seas, she was constructed...  Read More >>

During WW2 the British Merchant Navy's task was to run the German blockade bringing in food, fuel, raw materials...  Read More >>

A Detailed Study of One of the Most Important Vessels in World History.  Read More >>

The Constitution was one of the US Navy's first six original frigates, ordered as a counter to the Barbary corsairs...  Read More >>

How the mighty clipper ships transformed Australia from convict outpost to a nation. More than one million Australians...  Read More >>

By examining Vitaliano Donati's expedition to Egypt, and seeking to identify the objects he sent back to Turin,...  Read More >>