Maritime history books

A facsimile edition of a classic source for the history of piracy, as used by Robert Louis Stevenson in the writing...  Read More >>

This book is the first study of port labor in colonial Calcutta and British India. Drawing on primary source material,...  Read More >>

In this work, maritime and social historian Pat Nolan interviews a wide selection of fishermen, boatbuilders and...  Read More >>

On Board RMS Titanic  Read More >>

Golden Age of Piracy's most famous female pirate, shrouded in myth for centuries, revealed here in her first biography....  Read More >>

Brings together leading scholars from the UK and northern Europe in a thought-provoking and revealing new examination...  Read More >>

The 11th edition of the Coast Guardsman's Manual continues the tradition first started in 1952 to serve as a primer...  Read More >>

In the dark days of World War II, merchant mariners made heroic contributions to the eventual Allied victory and...  Read More >>

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These two volumes present a unique resource on the history and development of merchant shipping from the last decades...  Read More >>

In British Shipping in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars Katerina Galani offers a detailed account of...  Read More >>

From HMS Invincible to Boaty McBoatface, Seas the Day to Shoot Low They're Riding Chickens, naming boats has always...  Read More >>

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Stories of momentous voyages and battles at sea told through the words of those who were there.  Read More >>

Revisits the `Wreck of the Ten Sail' on the Cayman islands in 1794 in a new fully-illustrated account of the maritime...  Read More >>

A historical guide of the River Fal from source to sea.  Read More >>

The story of the USS Indianapolis is well-known. After delivering crucial components of the atomic bomb that would...  Read More >>

An overview of the history of yachting in its social, cultural, political and economic contexts.  Read More >>

William Rankine was born in Peebles in 1861. At age 21, along with almost four hundred Scottish, English and Irish...  Read More >>

Revisits the `Wreck of the Ten Sail' on the Cayman islands in 1794 in a new fully-illustrated account of the maritime...  Read More >>

"Gordan's research shines a new light on the legal tale of 19th century American ships covertly intended for the...  Read More >>

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The fascinating history of an island that has haunted our imagination and culture.  Read More >>