Maritime History

A detailed re-examination of Midway, one of the most significant battles in the Pacific Theater of World War II. In April 1942, the Combined Flee...

We may think of globalism as a recent development, but its origins date back to century and beyond, when courageous seafarers pioneered routes acro...

For as long as humanity has ventured on the seas, naval warfare has been an integral part of their activities and the focal point for many historie...

Five weeks after the withdrawal of the legendary Rotterdam (V), Holland America Line introduced the Rotterdam (VI) in November 1997. With her gross...

Ocean is an ambitious history of the pre-Columbian Atlantic Ocean, a story that begins with the formation of the mid-Atlantic ridge some 200 millio...

Just as the sea has played a pivotal role in the connectivity of people, economies and cultures, it has also provided a common platform for inter-d...

'An exceptional book. Sailing Alone belongs on the very small shelf of the true classics of the sea' Peter Nichols, author of Sea Change and A Voya...

Meet the people connected to Titanic in a very personal way. Through a tremendous display of memorabilia items some of them very personal you wil...

Pirates have long captured the imagination with images of cutlass-wielding swashbucklers, eye patches and buried treasure. But what was life really...

Lusitania: She was a ship of dreams, carrying millionaires and aristocrats, actresses and impresarios, writers and suffragettes - a microcosm of th...

Deep Water is a major achievement....Bradley's skills both as novelist and essayist converge here to create this wise, compassionate and urgent boo...

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

This book is the first modern analysis of the coasting trade in Elizabethan England. Drawing on a significant body of evidence, including evidence ...

Seafaring activity for trade and travel was dominant throughout the Spanish Empire, and in the worldview and imagination of its inhabitants, the sp...

With echoes ofUnbroken; the derring-do and bravado ofThe Right Stuff; and the battle-forged camaraderie ofBand of Brothers, this is the World War I...