Maritime history

A World War II merchant seaman, John Bunker takes a thorough look at the American merchant marines' significant contributions to the war effort.

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This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1899.

Through the lives of three outstanding naval officers - each considered the most brilliant commander of his generation - David Crane offers a unique portrait of the Royal Navy at a time when it held unchallenged dominion over the world's oceans.

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The Titanic.

This is the second of a pair of volumes publishing the unedited full reports of Schomburgk's travels in Guiana between 1835 and 1844, previously available only in greatly abridged and heavily edited versions.

This revealing portrait of the oceanic Dutch Empire exposes the maritime world as a catalyst for the downfall of European imperialism.

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The Titanic.

Showing the complex interaction of strategy, logistics, administration, and economics, Syrett's pioneering text brings to light some basic causes for the ultimate failure of the British war effort during the American War of Independence.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, a combination of coastal defence for the homeland and fleet defence for the East Indies became the established naval strategy for the Royal Dutch Navy and set the template for the world wars.

An updated and expanded edition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of this iconic ship.

This classic study examines the deployment of U.

A new and enlarged edition, with an Introduction and Notes.

Sir Joseph Banks was one of the great figures of Georgian England, best known for participating as naturalist in Cook's Endeavour voyage (1768-71), as a patron of science and as the longest-serving President of the Royal Society (1778-1820).

It was on Wednesday, 10 April 1912, that the imposing bulk of the RMS Titanic slipped her berth, and, to great fanfare, headed out into the Solent at the start of her maiden voyage.

A fascinating account of an often overlooked naval action of World War II, and one of the bloodiest chapters in the history of the Royal Navy.

This study of shipping makes visible a sector that has led European economic growth for centuries, yet rarely appears in business or economic histories.

Continues from First Series 67, with the years 1618-1622, .

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This book, in two volumes, contains an annotated English translation of the Historia da Ethiopia by the Spanish Jesuit missionary priest Pedro Paez (Pero Pais in Portuguese), 1564-1622, who worked in the Portuguese padroado missions, first in India and then in Ethiopia, long thought to be the kingdom of the legendary Prester John.

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Sunken treasure, cannibalism, prison ships, Nazi submarines, the Bermuda triangleall are tied into the lore of shipwrecks along Florida's coasts.

This seaman's journal recounts a twenty-month voyage from Boston to the African coast to intercept slave-trading vessels as America approach the Civil War.

A comprehensive overview of the strategy, operations and vessels of the United States Navy from 1941 to 1945.

Edited with introduction and notes.

Launched in 1914, two years after the ill-fated voyage of her sister ship, RMS Titanic, the Britannic was intended to be superior to her tragic twin in every way.

An investigation of the Atlantic origins of the American Revolution, focusing on the British navy''s impressment of American ships and mariners.

The Royal Navy entered World War II with a large but eclectic fleet of destroyers.

Known to seafarers as the Devils Jaw, Point Honda has lured ships to its dangerous rocks on Californias coast for centuries, but its worst disaster occurred on 8 September 1923.

At the beginning of his diary, on 1st January 1660, Samuel Pepys noted that 'Lawson lies still in the River'.

Edited with introduction and notes.

The birth of the mighty Roman Navy was anchored in the Romans' extraordinary ability to absorb and perfect the technology of other states and empires.

A biography chronicling one man’s service during World War II as a Royal Navy commander and his career before & after in the tea business.

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The volume covers the voyages of 1579-1589, translated and edited, with notes and an introduction.

Naval forces from fifteen colonial territories fought for the British Empire during the Second World War, providing an important new lens for understanding imperial power and colonial relations on the eve of decolonisation.

Edited with introduction and notes.

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For centuries before the arrival in Australia of Captain Cook and the so-called First Fleet in 1788, intrepid seafaring explorers had been searching, with varied results, for the fabled “Great Southland.

This book profiles the port of Charles Town, South Carolina, during the two-year period leading up to the Declaration of Independence.

Did you ever wonder which civilisation first took to water in small craft?

Warship 2016 is devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships.