Maritime History

Shows how the image of Cornish wreckers as villains deliberately luring ships on to the rocks is a myth. Although the popular myth of Cornish wrec...

Examines Naval co-operation between Britain and Russia and the often underappreciated prowess of the Russian navy. Naval co-operation between Brit...

A survey of the activities of the British navy in the Caribbean from the voyages of sixteenth century English adventurers such as John Hawkins and ...

In all the complex cultural history of the islands of Britain and Ireland the idea of the coast as a significant representative space is critical. ...

Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés' account of the second and third Spanish Expeditions to the Moluccas. Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (...

William Scoresby (1789-1857) made his first voyage in the whaler Resolution from Whitby to the Greenland Sea, west of Spitsbergen, in 1800. Three y...

Attempts to assemble the historic pattern of contributing factors which shaped the course of American naval development from 1776 to 1918. Origina...

The School of Salamanca in the Affairs of the Indies explores the significance of Salamancans, such as Vitoria and Soto, and related thinkers, such...

When archaeologist John Henry Phillips volunteered with a charity that took D-Day veterans back to Normandy, due to an administrative error he foun...

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

A global account of pirates and their modus operandi, from the Middle Ages to the present day   In the twenty-first century piracy has regained a c...

At the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Maritime Greenwich are the four world-class attractions of Royal Museums Greenwich - the National...

2.20am on 15th April 1912, the Titanic is plunging 12,000 feet to the ocean floor. Machinery, coal, crystal goblets, pianos and jewellery all tumbl...

2.20am on 15th April 1912, the Titanic is plunging 12,000 feet to the ocean floor. Machinery, coal, crystal goblets, pianos and jewellery all tumbl...

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTHThe extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was fou...