Maritime History

The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans. Two million visitors ann...

As an instrument of science and navigation the telescope was at the forefront of discovery. Even today it is vital to modern understanding of space...

On December 22, 1853, a new steamship left New York on its maiden voyage. The San Francisco--perhaps the finest ocean-going vessel of its time--...

The Potemkin and Aurora are two ships that bookended the Russian Revolution. The Potemkin, a battleship of the Black Sea Fleet, led the first na...

The Gulf of Mexico: A Maritime History presents the first such narrative of the earth's tenth largest body of water. In this beautifully written an...

The islands surrounding Scapa Flow made one of Britain's best natural harbours, while the location at the north of Scotland protected the approache...

There were over 700 survivors of the Titanic disaster and their horrific experience has captivated readers and moviegoers for over 100 years. But w...

For decades, Portland, Maine, was the closest ice-free port to Europe. As such, it was key to the transport of Canadian wheat across the Atlantic, ...

Bluejackets in the Blubber Room explores key events in US maritime history from the 1820s to the end of the Civil War through the biography of the ...

The merchants of Manchester were concerned about the high tariffs charged at Liverpool Docks and the excessive rates for transhipment of goods to M...

On the morning of 22 September 1914, just six weeks into the First World War, three Royal Navy armoured cruisers were sunk by a German U-boat in th...

Naval aviation arrived early in the last century in the form of balloons and airships employed by the British Royal Navy for reconnaissance, and in...

It has been alleged that pirates and maritime terrorists present a largely common threat to international maritime security. This book drives to th...

This is the story of the unusually long and interesting career of a small Scottish schooner spent primarily in the southern hemisphere. From the co...

Recounted with his usual level of meticulous historical research, Rod weaves an easily readable account of the build-up to and implementation of Op...

Delving deep into Titanics legacy, Allen Gibson presents a comprehensive history with a refreshing argument, that Titanic represented a considerabl...

By the end of the nineteenth century the British Merchant Navy had become the world's largest carrier of people, manufactured goods and raw materia...