Maritime history

Constructing the Medieval Maritime State: Identity, Violence, and Connection in the Mediterranean explores how the small medieval kingdom of Denia in Spain became a powerful maritime state after the collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate.

Vikings began raiding islands and monasteries on the Atlantic fringes of Europe in the 790s.

On her launch in 1969, QE2 began a long career as Cunard's luxurious flagship - the last great transatlantic liner from a vanishing era.

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No one present at the Battle of Cape Lopez off the coast of West Africa in 1722 could have known that they were on the edge of history.

SUBMERGED STORIES FROM THE GRAVEYARD OF THE PACIFICOver the past 350 years, an untold number of ships have met their end along the northern Oregon and southern Washington coasts.

The Sunday Times Bestseller.

SUBMERGED STORIES FROM THE GRAVEYARD OF THE PACIFICOver the past 350 years, an untold number of ships have met their end along the northern Oregon and southern Washington coasts.

England has a rich heritage of overseas exploration - the names of Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh immediately spring to mind - but the first of the great Tudor explorations took place when Drake was just a boy of thirteen.

No one present at the Battle of Cape Lopez off the coast of West Africa in 1722 could have known that they were on the edge of history.

'Excellent' - Financial Times'Stirring, impressively detailed' - Time magazineThe Battle for the Falklands is a thoughtful and informed analysis of an astonishing chapter in modern British history from journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings and political editor Simon Jenkins.

An immersive dive into the meaning and mystique of shipwrecksThe sea is the largest museum on earth, with more than a million lost ships resting in its depths.

An immersive dive into the meaning and mystique of shipwrecksThe sea is the largest museum on earth, with more than a million lost ships resting in its depths.

The Enlightenment was an age of endeavours.

The Battle of Tsushima was the most decisive naval engagement in the century that elapsed since the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

The Battle of Tsushima was the most decisive naval engagement in the century that elapsed since the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

A bottom-up story of the fishworkers, whalers, First Nations, merchantwomen, oceans, and animals who together made a new colonial world in the early Atlantic In the early decades of the sixteenth century, mariners from across Europe forged a vast seasonal fishery along the coasts of the northwest Atlantic.

A fascinating exploration of the relationship of competition and assimilation between the Netherlands and England during the 17th century, revealing the ways in which Dutch tolerance, resilience and commercial acumen effectively conquered Britain by reshaping its intellectual landscape, long before Dutch monarchs sat on the English throne.

Fort des acquis de l'historiographie sur le negoce des ports europeens de la fin de l'epoque medievale au debut de la periode contemporaine, l'ambition de ce livre est de faire dialoguer l'histoire portuaire et maritime avec l'histoire des femmes et du genre.

Fort des acquis de l'historiographie sur le negoce des ports europeens de la fin de l'epoque medievale au debut de la periode contemporaine, l'ambition de ce livre est de faire dialoguer l'histoire portuaire et maritime avec l'histoire des femmes et du genre.

THE STUNNING NEW BOOK FROM THE HOST OF BBC 2'S VILLAGES BY THE SEAFrom prehistory to the modern era, our coastline had shaped Britain, not only physically but socially, economically and culturally.

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A lively history of the historic beach cottages on the Outer Banks and the families that have inhabited them.

At the age of nineteen, Robert F.

During the early 19th century, Spain was losing its grip on her American colonies, resulting in a surge of privateering and West Indian piracy.

New Englands lighthouses project more than lifesaving beams across treacherous expanses of water.

New Englands lighthouses project more than lifesaving beams across treacherous expanses of water.

Eighty feet long, built of layered mahogany and powered by three monstrous 1500-horsepower V-12 engines, the US Navy's Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats screamed across the water at over forty knots.

Submerged stories from the inland seasThe newest addition to Globe Pequot's Shipwrecks series covers the sensational wrecks and maritime disasters from each of the five Great Lakes.

Submerged stories from the inland seasThe newest addition to Globe Pequot's Shipwrecks series covers the sensational wrecks and maritime disasters from each of the five Great Lakes.

The complete story of the tragic loss of the passenger steamer City of Columbus.

The complete story of the tragic loss of the passenger steamer City of Columbus.

Twenty-one riveting stories and illustrations about ships that met their end in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes, such as: British gunboat H.

Twenty-one riveting stories and illustrations about ships that met their end in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes, such as: British gunboat H.

Of all the stories of ships lost in what has come to be called the ';Graveyard of the Pacific,' that of the steamship Valencia is among the saddest.

Of all the stories of ships lost in what has come to be called the ';Graveyard of the Pacific,' that of the steamship Valencia is among the saddest.

More Shipwrecks of Florida is a sequel to Shipwrecks of Florida, 2nd edition.

More Shipwrecks of Florida is a sequel to Shipwrecks of Florida, 2nd edition.

Night Boat to New York: Steamboats on the Connecticut, 1824-1931, is a portrait of the vanished steamboat dayswhen a procession of stately sidewheelers plied between Hartford and New York City, docking at Peck's Slip on the East River in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Night Boat to New York: Steamboats on the Connecticut, 1824-1931, is a portrait of the vanished steamboat dayswhen a procession of stately sidewheelers plied between Hartford and New York City, docking at Peck's Slip on the East River in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Tales of swashbuckling adventure, murder, treachery, and mayhem!

Tales of swashbuckling adventure, murder, treachery, and mayhem!

History and folklore abound in these twenty-five true stories about lost ships along North Carolina's storm-washed Outer Banks.

History and folklore abound in these twenty-five true stories about lost ships along North Carolina's storm-washed Outer Banks.

The Stonington, a whaleship from New London, Connecticut, is sailing a course for home after being at sea for more than three years.

The Stonington, a whaleship from New London, Connecticut, is sailing a course for home after being at sea for more than three years.

North Carolina possesses one of the longest, most treacherous coastlines in the United States, and the waters off its shores have been the scene of some of the most dramatic episodes of piracy and sea warfare in the nations history.

North Carolina possesses one of the longest, most treacherous coastlines in the United States, and the waters off its shores have been the scene of some of the most dramatic episodes of piracy and sea warfare in the nations history.