Maritime History

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...

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Overturns the generally held view that the press gang was the main means of recruiting seamen by the British navy in the late eighteenth century. ...

Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future o...

An immersive history of a pivotal stretch of water Fascinating, spellbinding, erudite and great fun. Roddy Doyle ...

Sarah Baartman's iconic status as the Hottentot Venus - as victimized African woman, Mother of the new South Africa, and ancestral spirit to countl...

Trading Companies and Travel Knowledge in the Early Modern World explores the links between trade, empire, exploration, and global information tran...

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Shows how the political turmoil of the Spanish American Wars of Independence allowed an upsurge in prize-taking activity by navies, privateers and ...

Considers naval leadership and management very widely, moving beyond a focus on leading admirals. Many works on naval history ascribe success to t...

The story of the war at sea in the reign of Edward III, including the important sea battles, and an analysis of the development of the English navy...

Provides a detailed picture of the lives of the commanders and those around them, both at home and at sea. An original and evocative window onto t...

This is the story of how the Second World War affected leisure boating: of the people who managed to overcome huge difficulties to go sailing durin...

How did the British navy maintain authority among its potentially disorderly crews? And what order exactly did it wish to establish? Churchill on...

A new framework contextualizes crucial international security issues at sea in the Indo-Pacific Competition at sea is once again a central issue o...

The formidable force of the Normans at sea has been frequently overlooked. This volume shows their dominance over the Mediterranean, and its far-re...

Regardless of rank or time in service, all Coast Guard personnel find this manual to be essential to their professional development. Its value as a...

Their stories needed to be told. And classmates working together, under a blanket of trust and friendship, was the only way to allow people to open...