Maritime history books

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An important book, presenting the latest insights by the leading world authorities on naval history.  Read More >>

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The story of Captain Scott's first expedition, by one who went with him. Louis Bernacchi's book Saga of the 'Discovery'...  Read More >>

When writer Anne Farrow discovered the logbooks of the eighteenth-century slaving ships, her mother had been recently...  Read More >>

The First Fleet - the creation of a nation. Rob Mundle, bestselling maritime biographer of Bligh, Flinders and...  Read More >>

'The Ministry of Defence does not comment upon submarine operations' is the standard response of officialdom to...  Read More >>

Sarah fuhrt sich auf der Baumwollplantage ihres Vaters wie eine Tyrannin auf. Dies bleibt nicht ohne Folgen, denn...  Read More >>

Lock, Stock, and Icebergs recounts the events, pressures, and behind-the-scenes negotiations that shaped Canada’s...  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary book combines history, archaeology and zooarchaeology to discover the chronology, causes...  Read More >>

Am 19. September 1897 kam es zu einer Zeitenwende in der Transatlantik-Passagierschifffahrt. Der Norddeutsche Lloyd...  Read More >>

In maritime affairs, US Navy Commodore Dudley Wright Knox provided a singular example of leadership in his chosen...  Read More >>

Nathaniel Hawk keeps his promise to Cornelius Thistlewaite after the events of the recent Singapore trading season....  Read More >>

Despite the port’s prominence in maritime history, its cultural significance has long been neglected in favour of...  Read More >>

In this book, Simon Spalding reveals the food traditions of early explorers, sailing navies, immigrant and slave...  Read More >>

With over two-thirds of the globe covered by water, the ability to navigate safely and quickly across the oceans...  Read More >>

Students and lecturers in British and colonial medical, social and maritime history. -- .  Read More >>

Describes Scotland's 150-year involvement in Arctic bowhead whaling using previously unpublished research from port...  Read More >>

"""The Erie Canal rubbed Aladdin's lamp. America awoke, catching for the first time the wondrous vision of its own...  Read More >>

"""The Erie Canal rubbed Aladdin's lamp. America awoke, catching for the first time the wondrous vision of its own...  Read More >>

The Erie Canal rubbed Aladdin's lamp. America awoke, catching for the first time the wondrous vision of its own...  Read More >>

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Drawing on archival as well as secondary sources, this book examines key themes within the sphere of air power in...  Read More >>

Piratas Legendarios, 1650-1750, es una obra que nos acerca al fenómeno de la piratería en el mar Caribe desde el...  Read More >>