Maritime history

In the summer of 1881, Lt.

This book contains not only more than 400 sea shanties but as much of their history as Stan Hugill could collect in his extraordinary career as sailor, scholar, author, artist, and inspiration to new generations of sea-music enthusiasts and performers.

Sea stories are, plainly and simply, wonderful springboards for vicarious adventure.

The ocean is one of the few untamed places on earthunpredictable and unsympathetic to the lives lost there.

It started on a summer afternoon in 1795 when a young man named Daniel McGinnis found what appeared to be an old site on an island off the Acadian coast, a coastline fabled for the skullduggery of pirates.

Two of mankind's most persistent quests';get rich quick' and ';something for nothing'provide the power driving these tales of treasure-seekers in action.

2025 Readers' Favorite Book Awards Gold Medal-winner2025 American Book Fest Best Book Award FinalistA breakneck adventure of war, romance, and politics in the golden age of piracy.

Balleneros, loberos y guaneros en Patagonia y Malvinas es una investigación original y pionera sobre historia ambiental e introducción de especies biológicas en el mar patagónico, costas e islas como causa de la navegación.

'A wonderfully quirky history' SUNDAY TIMES'The perfect read while you wait for your summer holiday to begin' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Quippy anecdotes are woven with historical reference and geographical context to give full colour' IRISH TIMESA bulwark against invasion, a conduit for exchange and a challenge to be conquered, the English Channel - 21 miles wide at its narrowest point - represents much more than a conductor of goods and people.

A mediados del siglo XVI, Europa sufrió la mayor amenaza de su historia: el avance del imperio turco islámico.

DON'T MISS THE MAJOR FILM INSPIRED BY CHASE'S NARRATIVE, IN THE HEART OF THE SEA On 20 November 1820, just south of the equator, the whaling ship Essex, spotted and pursued a shoal of sperm whales.

Bestselling author James Nelson brings us another gripping and absorbing maritime adventure.

Attention all Shipping Forecast fans.

Canals hold a unique place in British culture, with associations of lazy summer afternoons, journeying through lush green countryside.

El viejo nombre de Trafalgar, «la punta de occidente», sigue resonando hoy en día más allá de las cartas náuticas, topónimo impreso en la memoria colectiva de tres naciones europeas merced al encarnizado combate que allí tuvo lugar el 21 de octubre de 1805 entre las escuadras francoespañola y británica.

A riveting tale of Dutch polar explorer William Barents and his three harrowing Arctic expeditions the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Ultimate Adventure Collection: Complete Novels, History of the Pirates, Military Biographies and more (Illustrated)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Novels:Robinson CrusoeThe Farther Adventures of Robinson CrusoeCaptain SingletonMemoirs of a CavalierColonel JackMoll FlandersRoxana: The Fortunate MistressThe Consolidator: Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the MoonHistorical Works:A General History of the PyratesThe History of the PyratesThe King of PiratesThe Pirate GowThe History of the Remarkable Life of John SheppardThe Life of Mr.

In June 1816, the Medusa, flagship of a French expedition to repossess the colony of Senegal from the British, set sail but ran aground off the desolate West African coast.

An anthology of personal experience selected and edited by John Winton.

From the coast of Southern Europe to Morocco and the Ottoman states of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, Christian and Muslim seafarers met in bustling ports to swap religions, to battle and to trade goods and sales - raiding as far as Ireland and Iceland in search of their human currency.

After Joe Gould's Secret - 'a miniature masterpiece of a shaggy dog story' (Observer) - here is another collection of stories by Joseph Mitchell, each connected in one way or another with the waterfront of New York City.

HUNTER KILLER: a submarine designed to pursue and attack enemy submarines and surface ships using torpedoes.

In 1983, the freighter Marine Electric ran into a violent storm off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.

Lt Cdr Julian Stockwin shares his love and knowledge of the sea in this entertaining collection of maritime stories and little-known trivia.

Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.

Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss--it's time to go a-pirating!

The ocean is one of the few untamed places on earthunpredictable and unsympathetic to the lives lost there.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;THE TALES OF THE SEA"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War is a memoir of a year spent on a U.

In ›Die Erfindung der Freibeuter‹ tauchen Leserinnen und Leser in eine faszinierende Welt ein, in der die Grenzen zwischen Legende und Realität verschwimmen.

On the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking, a prominent Titanic researcher offers a final chance to see the ship before it disappears forever The Titanic was the biggest, most luxurious passenger ship the world had ever seen; the ads proclaimed it to be unsinkable.

The Sunday Times Bestseller and Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Month.

A mediados del siglo XVI, Europa sufrió la mayor amenaza de su historia: el avance del imperio turco islámico.

This world famous book tells biographies of the greatest pirates who ruled the seas in 18th century.

France, early summer 1794.

Dramatic, compelling, downright unbelievable accounts of the Coast Guard's often unsung heros.

1794: Murder, mutiny and betrayal as war rips through the Caribbean .

'An epic of survival' -- MICHAEL PALIN'A "e;grade-A classic"e;' -- SUNDAY TIMES'Utterly enthralling' -- GEOFF DYER, GUARDIAN'Deeply engrossing' -- NEW YORK TIMESLISTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMESThe harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter.

'An enthralling book' Sunday Telegraph'Fascinating' Sunday TimesThe Royal Navy to which Admiral Lord Nelson sacrificed his life depended on thousands of sailors and marines to man the great wind-powered wooden warships.

A sweeping account of how the sea routes of Asia have transformed a vast expanse of the globe over the past five hundred years, powerfully shaping the modern worldIn the centuries leading up to our own, the volume of traffic across Asian sea routes-an area stretching from East Africa and the Middle East to Japan-grew dramatically, eventually making them the busiest in the world.

A sweeping account of how the sea routes of Asia have transformed a vast expanse of the globe over the past five hundred years, powerfully shaping the modern worldIn the centuries leading up to our own, the volume of traffic across Asian sea routes-an area stretching from East Africa and the Middle East to Japan-grew dramatically, eventually making them the busiest in the world.

The 'Grosvenor' was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, a grand three-masted square-rigger of 741 tons bristling with 26 cannon.

'A rare gift .

Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail.

In the summer of 1812 Britain stood alone, fighting for her very survival against a vast European Empire.

In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, despatched an invasion fleet to the island of Rhodes.

"e;In real life-especially off the Florida coast-things can have fatal consequences.

"e;A stupendous feat of reportage.

Based on gripping first-hand testimony from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, this book reveals what it was really like to serve in the Royal Navy during the First World War.

With over six thousand miles of rugged coastline, nowhere in Scotland is more than forty-five miles from tidal waters, and seven of the biggest towns and cities are seaports.

';Veronica Hinke has taken a story that we all know so well and interwoven delicious recipes that are historic and old, but classic and worthy of any modern-day table.