Maritime history

Polar Expeditions employs structural ritualization theory to show how rituals enriched the lives of crewmembers on 19 polar expeditions over a 100-year period.

Anglo-Chinese Encounters Before the Opium War: A Tale of Two Empires Over Two Centuries studies the fascinating encounters between the two historic empires from Queen Elizabeth I's first letter to the Ming Emperor Wanli in 1583, to Lord Palmerston's letter to the Minister of China in 1840.

Anglo-Chinese Encounters Before the Opium War: A Tale of Two Empires Over Two Centuries studies the fascinating encounters between the two historic empires from Queen Elizabeth I's first letter to the Ming Emperor Wanli in 1583, to Lord Palmerston's letter to the Minister of China in 1840.

German U-boats, known as "e;iron coffins"e;, terrorized Allied ships during World War II and were responsible for thousands of deaths.

German U-boats, known as "e;iron coffins"e;, terrorized Allied ships during World War II and were responsible for thousands of deaths.

Ocean as Method presents a new way of thinking about the humanities and the social sciences.

Ocean as Method presents a new way of thinking about the humanities and the social sciences.

Contains primary texts relating to the British slave trade in the 17th and 18th century.

A collection of writings on travels undertaken in the Victorian era.

Contains primary texts relating to the British slave trade in the 17th and 18th century.

Contains primary texts relating to the British slave trade in the 17th and 18th century.

A collection of writings on travels undertaken in the Victorian era.

The transformation of the medieval European image of the world in the period following the Great Discoveries of the 15th and 16th centuries is the subject of this volume.

The transformation of the medieval European image of the world in the period following the Great Discoveries of the 15th and 16th centuries is the subject of this volume.

Originally published in 1722-23, this edition in 1968.

Originally published in 1722-23, this edition in 1968.

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This book presents pioneering research on the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives in the medieval period.

This book presents pioneering research on the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives in the medieval period.

This book is about the introduction of modern power-driven rice milling to the main rice exporting countries of Burma (Myanmar), Siam (Thailand) and French Indo-China (Vietnam) from 1869.

Trading Companies and Travel Knowledge in the Early Modern World explores the links between trade, empire, exploration, and global information transfer during the early modern period.

Trading Companies and Travel Knowledge in the Early Modern World explores the links between trade, empire, exploration, and global information transfer during the early modern period.

This exciting Greenvill Collins biography is about seventeenth century navigation, focusing for the first time on mathematics practised at sea.

This exciting Greenvill Collins biography is about seventeenth century navigation, focusing for the first time on mathematics practised at sea.

Science, Enlightenment and Revolution brings together thirteen papers by renowned historian Dorinda Outram.

This book examines the military histories of the regions beyond Western Europe in the pre-modern era.

This book examines the military histories of the regions beyond Western Europe in the pre-modern era.

In the years 1803-5 Napoleon Bonaparte built 4 new harbours on his channel coast and assembled enough landing craft to put an army of over 165,000 men ashore on English beaches.

In the years 1803-5 Napoleon Bonaparte built 4 new harbours on his channel coast and assembled enough landing craft to put an army of over 165,000 men ashore on English beaches.

This book offers the first long-term analysis of the protracted struggle between Britain, France, Prussia, Russia, and Sweden for economic power and political influence in the northern part of the Eurasian continent between 1660 and 1860.

This monograph explores the economic consequences of the Cold War, a polarised world order which politicised technology and shaped industrial development.

This monograph explores the economic consequences of the Cold War, a polarised world order which politicised technology and shaped industrial development.

This book provides a comprehensive history of the modern Chinese navy from 1840 to the present.

This book provides a comprehensive history of the modern Chinese navy from 1840 to the present.

The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) revolutionized warfare at sea, on land, and in the air.

The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) revolutionized warfare at sea, on land, and in the air.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Zanzibar Sultanate became the focal point of European imperial and humanitarian policies, most notably Britain, France, and Germany.

Monetisation and Commercialisation in the Baltic Sea, 1050-1450 explores the varied uses of silver and gold in the Baltic Sea zone during the medieval period.

Monetisation and Commercialisation in the Baltic Sea, 1050-1450 explores the varied uses of silver and gold in the Baltic Sea zone during the medieval period.

According to Voltaire's Candide, Admiral John Byng's 1757 execution went forward to 'encourage the others'.

According to Voltaire's Candide, Admiral John Byng's 1757 execution went forward to 'encourage the others'.

The advent of the Europeans was crucial in transforming the contours of Maritime Asia.

The advent of the Europeans was crucial in transforming the contours of Maritime Asia.

This edited volume engages with some of the most dynamic themes in current research on East Asian environmental history, including agricultural science, war and the environment, imperial forestry, oceanic history, and the history of energy.

This edited volume engages with some of the most dynamic themes in current research on East Asian environmental history, including agricultural science, war and the environment, imperial forestry, oceanic history, and the history of energy.

Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom provides a systematic historical account of the British Shipbuilders Corporation, first looking at this major industry under private enterprise, then under state control, and finally back in private hands.

Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom provides a systematic historical account of the British Shipbuilders Corporation, first looking at this major industry under private enterprise, then under state control, and finally back in private hands.

Writing critically about something you have come to regard with affection must provoke mixed emotions.

This is the only book to offer a detailed chronology of modern Soviet naval operations set within the framework of long-range Soviet foreign and domestic policy.