Maritime history books

Post-First World War, the Mediterranean Fleet found itself in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Sea of Marmora, the...  Read More >>

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The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning, along with the houses in which they were...  Read More >>

A new, definitive and highly readable account of this famous ship.  Read More >>

It was a dark and stormy night in 1991 when a magician took over the bridge of the Oceanos, an ageing passenger...  Read More >>

Revealing the 800-year history of the Royal Household Bargemasters, organisers of the monarch’s Thames water transport,...  Read More >>

The story of how the US Navy developed its first battleship fleet, their first combat test in the Spanish-American...  Read More >>

In Travelling Pasts, edited by Burkhard Schnepel and Tansen Sen, the contributors investigate the politics of cultural...  Read More >>

This illustrated cartobibligraphy describes and analyses about 150 charts, printed by commercial Amsterdam charts...  Read More >>

The first full-length biography of the famous privateer and pirate-hunter.  Read More >>

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Tells the troubled history of abolition and slave violence by examining representations of shipboard mutiny and...  Read More >>

Tells the troubled history of abolition and slave violence by examining representations of shipboard mutiny and...  Read More >>

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Long before half-hull models became a staple of marine museums and living room walls, they were an essential tool...  Read More >>

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Highly illustrated account of German U-boat commanders who were awarded the Knight's Cross during the Second World...  Read More >>

This book represents an important contribution to the ongoing process of resituating the ""Grand Tour"" as part...  Read More >>

Set against the backdrop of purple mountains, lush hillsides, and tidal wetlands, the lighthouses of the Hudson...  Read More >>

In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel Slade’s Into the Raging Sea is a nail-biting account...  Read More >>

A captivating compendium of rare and exquisite first-hand records of ocean voyages around the world and in different...  Read More >>

A detailed account at the Royal Navy's expedition into the polar regions in 1773 – with the young Horatio Nelson...  Read More >>

The French mutinies of 1919 stretched from the Soviet Union through to France's naval ports. It is the first study...  Read More >>