Maritime history books

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The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go Deeper Underwater

The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of...

Author: Jeff Maynard
ISBN: 9780008532765
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom...  Read More >>

Otter Skins, Boston Ships, and China Goods: Voices of the Maritime Fur Trade of the Northwest Coast, 1785-1841, Revised Edition

Otter Skins, Boston Ships, and China Goods: Voices of...

Author: James R. Gibson
ISBN: 9780228007319
Format: Hardback
$75.01

While previous studies have concentrated on the boom years of the fur trade before the War of 1812, James Gibson...  Read More >>

Journey to the Jones ACT: U.S. Merchant Marine Policy 1776-1920

Journey to the Jones ACT: U.S. Merchant Marine Policy...

Author: Charlie Papavizas
ISBN: 9781962729031
Format: Hardback
$108.11

Charlie Papavizas captures a rich history from the early 17th century English Navigation Acts to the building of...  Read More >>

Blowing Hot and Cold: Thermotank and the Story of Air Conditioning at Sea

Blowing Hot and Cold: Thermotank and the Story of Air...

Author: Ian Johnston
ISBN: 9781036107697
Format: Hardback
$59.99

Air-conditioning is one of those universal modern conveniences whose origins are entirely unknown to the general...  Read More >>

Tracking the Franklin Expedition of 1845: The Facts and Mysteries of the Failed Northwest Passage Voyage

Tracking the Franklin Expedition of 1845: The Facts...

Author: Stephen Zorn
ISBN: 9781476692197
Format: Paperback
$68.20

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Japan-Netherlands Trade 1600-1800: The Dutch East India Company and Beyond

Japan-Netherlands Trade 1600-1800: The Dutch East India...

Author: Yasuko Suzuki
ISBN: 9781876843434
Format: Paperback
$84.70

The Dutch United East India Company operated in Japan from 1609 to the early 18th century. The Dutch-Japanese relationship...  Read More >>

Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate

Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery,...

Author: Jared Ross Hardesty
ISBN: 9781479830985
Format: Paperback
$47.99

"""Mutiny on the Rising Sun is a deeply human history of smuggling that demonstrates how interconnected the future...  Read More >>

Shipwrecks of the Dover Straits

Shipwrecks of the Dover Straits

Author: Stefan Panis
ISBN: 9781849954969
Format: Paperback
$49.14

An amazing combination of true wreck-diving adventures complemented with stunning underwater photography. It includes...  Read More >>

c/o Cunard House: 88 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3

c/o Cunard House: 88 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3...

Author: Bill Ferguson
ISBN: 9781849955829
Format: Paperback
$49.14

Records the life of a mariner in the Merchant Navy in its heyday and explores all aspects of working for a premier...  Read More >>

The City of Rainbows: A Colourful History of Prince Rupert

The City of Rainbows: A Colourful History of Prince...

Author: Blair Mirau
ISBN: 9781772034752
Format: Paperback
$44.99

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Britain and the Ocean Road: Shipwrecks and People, 1297–1825

Britain and the Ocean Road: Shipwrecks and People, 1297–1825...

Author: Ian Friel
ISBN: 9781399000505
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Britain and the Ocean Road uses new firsthand research and unconventional interpretations to take a fresh look at...  Read More >>

The Naval Mutinies of 1798: The Irish Plot to Seize the Channel Fleet

The Naval Mutinies of 1798: The Irish Plot to Seize...

Author: Philip MacDougall
ISBN: 9781399044592
Format: Hardback
$75.00

For Ireland, the year 1798 saw a major rebellion breaking out against rule from London, a time in which Britain...  Read More >>

The Eye of the Crown: The Development and Evolution of the Elizabethan Secret Service

The Eye of the Crown: The Development and Evolution...

Author: Kristin M.S. Bezio
ISBN: 9781032228310
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This volume discusses the development of governmental proto-bureaucracy, which led to and was influenced by the...  Read More >>

Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World

Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World

Author: Kristie Flannery
ISBN: 9781512825749
Format: Hardback
$145.20

"""This book argues that anti-piracy politics were the ideological glue that held Spain's Asian empire together...  Read More >>

Pirate Flags: The Jolly Roger and the Golden Age of Piracy

Pirate Flags: The Jolly Roger and the Golden Age of...

Author: Matthew Leigh Embleton
ISBN: 9798323875573
Format: Paperback
$47.26

PRINTED ON PREMIUM QUALITY COLOUR PAPER I'll admit it. I am obsessed with pirate flags. I find them fascinating,...  Read More >>

Sword Beach: The Untold Story of D-Day’s Forgotten Victory

Sword Beach: The Untold Story of D-Day’s Forgotten Victory...

Author: Stephen Fisher
ISBN: 9781787636712
Format: Hardback
$55.00

An immersive narrative non-fiction account of the landings on Sword Beach by new maritime historian Stephen Fisher...  Read More >>

The High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean

The High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed...

Author: Olive Heffernan
ISBN: 9781788163576
Format: Hardback
$45.00

The race to control, protect and profit from Earth's new blue frontier  Read More >>

Enemies of All: The Rise and Fall of the Pirates

Enemies of All: The Rise and Fall of the Pirates

Author: Richard Blakemore
ISBN: 9781803991733
Format: Hardback
$65.00

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The Problem of Piracy in the Early Modern World: Maritime Predation, Empire, and the Construction of Authority at Sea

The Problem of Piracy in the Early Modern World: Maritime...

Author: John Coakley ,  Nathan Kwan
ISBN: 9789463720960
Format: Hardback
$318.26

In the early modern period, both legal and illegal maritime predation was a common occurrence, but the expansion...  Read More >>

When I Heard the Bell: The Loss of the Iolaire

When I Heard the Bell: The Loss of the Iolaire

Author: John MacLeod
ISBN: 9781839830563
Format: Paperback
$33.61

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FOR THOSE IN PERIL: 200 years of the RNLI: A station by station guide to the lifeboat service in the UK and Ireland

FOR THOSE IN PERIL: 200 years of the RNLI: A station...

Author: Nicholas Leach
ISBN: 9781909540316
Format: Paperback
$64.69

On 4 March 2024 the Royal National Lifeboat Institution celebrated its 200th anniversary, operating 238 lifeboat...  Read More >>

Come by Chance: A Memoir of Seafaring, Scholarship, Pilgrimage, and Music

Come by Chance: A Memoir of Seafaring, Scholarship,...

Author: Michael L. Hadley
ISBN: 9781772034738
Format: Paperback
$47.99

A member of the so-called Silent Generation, Michael Hadley has a great deal to say in his twilight years. Opening...  Read More >>

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