Maritime History

A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Three and a half millennia of British Maritime history, from the Middle Bronze Age to the early 20th century ... T...

With American independence came the freedom to sail anywhere in the world under a new flag. During the years between the Treaty of Paris and the Tr...

The first book-length study of London as a maritime writer Jack Londons fiction has been studied previously for its thematic connections to the oc...

With American independence came the freedom to sail anywhere in the world under a new flag. During the years between the Treaty of Paris and the Tr...

Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a work of social history examining community relationships, law, and seafaring over the long early modern p...

Trade, Circulation, and Flow in the Indian Ocean World is a collection which covers a long time span and diverse areas around the ocean.  Many of t...

How did the British come to conquer South Asia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries? Answers to this question usually start in nor...

Discover the fascinating and outrageously readable account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended in ...

A vivid account of a forgotten chapter of British naval history. - Dan Snow, Historian, TV Presenter and Broadcaster The true story of one of the ...

Greenwich has been a centre for scientific computing since the foundation of the Royal Observatory in 1675. Early Astronomers Royal gathered astron...

This book investigates the highly engaging topic of the literary and cultural significance of sailor talk. The central argument is that sailor talk...

Wexford has always had a close relationship with the sea. One of the countys most famous sons, John Barry, is known as the Father of the US Navy an...

Both Tromp-class frigates entered service in 1975/-76. Their primary task was area air defense. They acted as flagships for the COMNLTG (Commander ...

As he prepared to embark for India in 1774, Alexander Mackrabie's excitement at the sights to be seen and novelties to be experienced was palpable....

The suppression of piracy and other forms of maritime violence was a keystone in the colonisation of Southeast Asia. Focusing on what was seen in t...

A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II  When he is at his best, as he often is...

An assessment of the work of the contractors who were commissioned by the Victualling Board to provision the fleet in this period. Provisioning th...

Describes the voyages of East India Company's ships to India and China in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, discussing the nature of t...

A fascinating study of midshipmen and other young gentlemen, outlining their social background, career paths and what life was like for them. Offi...

An overview of a wide range of aspects of maritime social history in the Tudor and early Stuart period. Traditionally, the history of English mari...