Maritime history books

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A Brief History of the Pacific: The Great Ocean

A Brief History of the Pacific: The Great Ocean

Author: Jeremy Black
ISBN: 9781472146731
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A concise history of the Pacific, which emphasises the very different physical and human environments both of the...  Read More >>

Northern Lights: The Arctic Scots

Northern Lights: The Arctic Scots

Author: Edward J. Cowan
ISBN: 9781780277875
Format: Hardback
$65.00

The search for a Northwest Passage, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific was one of the great maritime challenges,...  Read More >>

Sailing Alone: A History

Sailing Alone: A History

Author: Richard J. King
ISBN: 9780241642269
Format: Hardback
$55.00

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Merchant Shipping Law: Development of National and Customary Law for Safety of Life at Sea

Merchant Shipping Law: Development of National and Customary...

Author: John N.K. Mansell
ISBN: 9781804412749
Format: Hardback
$314.03

This unique book charts the regulation of British ships throughout the nineteenth century, from no regulation in...  Read More >>

A Whaler at Twilight: A True Account of Whaling and Redemption in the South Pacific

A Whaler at Twilight: A True Account of Whaling and...

Author: Alexander R. Brash ,  Robert W. Armstrong
ISBN: 9781493074761
Format: Hardback
$61.99

At the heart of A Whaler at Twilight is the long-lost true story of an American whaler who embarked on a harrowing...  Read More >>

Why Did the Ancient Greeks Become a Seafaring People?

Why Did the Ancient Greeks Become a Seafaring People?...

Author: Jacques Pierre
ISBN: 9788743055402
Format: Paperback
$39.34

This small book is a look into the evolution of seafaring in Greece during Antiquity. We will look into the reasons...  Read More >>

The Unlucky Viking: A Saga of Sealing and Shipwrecks in the Southern Ocean

The Unlucky Viking: A Saga of Sealing and Shipwrecks...

Author: Cathrine Harboe-Ree
ISBN: 9781922952738
Format: Paperback
$49.95

Early in the twentieth century, adventurous Norwegians were drawn to the southern hemisphere, seeking their fortune...  Read More >>

The Rise and Demise of the Largest Sailing Ships: Stories of the Six and Seven-Masted Coal Schooners of New England

The Rise and Demise of the Largest Sailing Ships: Stories...

Author: Allan B Wood
ISBN: 9798988824107
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Follow the unique personal stories, historical events, and challenges faced by the world's eleven largest sailing...  Read More >>

The Annotated Two Years Before the Mast

The Annotated Two Years Before the Mast

Author: Richard Henry Dana, Jr. ,  Rod Scher
ISBN: 9781493075980
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Two Years Before the Mast is a classic travel narrative which inspired canonical works like Moby Dick and Sailing...  Read More >>

Belitung: The Afterlives of a Shipwreck

Belitung: The Afterlives of a Shipwreck

Author: Natali Pearson
ISBN: 9780824892968
Format: Paperback
$73.92

In tracing the lives and afterlives of the Belitung, a ninth-century western Indian Ocean-style vessel, this book...  Read More >>

The Rise and Demise of the Largest Sailing Ships: Stories of the Six and Seven-Masted Coal Schooners of New England

The Rise and Demise of the Largest Sailing Ships: Stories...

Author: Allan B Wood
ISBN: 9781088021156
Format: Hardback
$84.35

Follow the unique personal stories, historical events, and challenges faced by the world's eleven largest sailing...  Read More >>

Vasa II: Part 1. Martnet, whipstaff, and spritsail topsail. The material remains of a 1628 warship rig

Vasa II: Part 1. Martnet, whipstaff, and spritsail topsail....

Author: Fred Hocker
ISBN: 9789188909114
Format: Hardback
$194.06

Vasa II Part 1 presents more than a thousand finds of wood, metal, and cloth from the most complete rig to survive...  Read More >>

Pirates, Raiders & Invaders of the Gulf Coast

Pirates, Raiders & Invaders of the Gulf Coast

Author: Ryan Starrett
ISBN: 9781540258267
Format: Hardback
$113.49

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The Route to European Hegemony: India's Intra-Asian Trade in the Early Modern Period( Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)

The Route to European Hegemony: India's Intra-Asian...

Author: Ruby Maloni
ISBN: 9789390035960
Format: Hardback
$128.95

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Deep Seas and Tall Ships: A 21st Century Seaman's Account of a Lifetime of Deep Ocean Voyages

Deep Seas and Tall Ships: A 21st Century Seaman's Account...

Author: Peter J. Hill
ISBN: 9781858587578
Format: Paperback
$33.51

The author's story begins in 1946. He recalls a UK canalside cottage and an early family crisis. He moves rapidly...  Read More >>

China and the Silk Roads (ca. 100 BCE to 1800 CE): Role and Content of Its Historical Access to the Outside World

China and the Silk Roads (ca. 100 BCE to 1800 CE): Role...

Author: Angela Schottenhammer
ISBN: 9789004516120
Format: Hardback
$443.52

The book investigates China's relations to the outside world between ca. 100 BCE and 1800 CE. In contrast to most...  Read More >>

The Gods of the Sea: Whales and Coastal Communities in Northeast Japan, c.1600-2019

The Gods of the Sea: Whales and Coastal Communities...

Author: Fynn Holm (Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany)
ISBN: 9781009305518
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Challenging common portrayals of Japan as a centuries-old whaling nation, Fynn Holm shows that many coastal communities...  Read More >>

A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History

A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an...

Author: Edward Wilson-Lee
ISBN: 9780008358259
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A Times History Book of the Year 2022 A TLS Book of the Year 2022 ‘Exhilarating and whip-smart’...  Read More >>

Pedestal: The Convoy That Saved Malta

Pedestal: The Convoy That Saved Malta

Author: Peter Smith (Author)
ISBN: 9780907579199
Format: Paperback
$25.85

In the summer of 1942 one of the main issues in the balance was the fate of Malta. The island was still a bastion...  Read More >>

Tales from Great Passenger Ships: A Jaunt Through Time

Tales from Great Passenger Ships: A Jaunt Through Time...

Author: Paul Curtis
ISBN: 9781803992112
Format: Paperback
$47.99

A collection of stories from many of the best-known passenger ships and liners, that vividly showcase the romance...  Read More >>

At the Mercy of the Sea: The True Story of Three Sailors in a Caribbean Hurricane

At the Mercy of the Sea: The True Story of Three Sailors...

Author: John Kretschmer ,  Jonathan Yen
ISBN: 9798212882514
Format: Audio
$110.85

"A ""normal"" Caribbean hurricane travels from east to west, but Lenny was anything but normal. Spawned south of...  Read More >>

At the Mercy of the Sea: The True Story of Three Sailors in a Caribbean Hurricane

At the Mercy of the Sea: The True Story of Three Sailors...

Author: John Kretschmer ,  Jonathan Yen
ISBN: 9798212882507
Format: Audio
$110.85

"A ""normal"" Caribbean hurricane travels from east to west, but Lenny was anything but normal. Spawned south of...  Read More >>

Saved at the Seawall: Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift

Saved at the Seawall: Stories from the September 11...

Author: Jessica Dulong ,  Mitchell Zuckoff
ISBN: 9798874658076
Format: Audio
$110.85

First published in 2017 by McGraw Hill Education under title: Dust to deliverance: untold stories from the maritime...  Read More >>

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