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Shipwrecked in Paradise: Cleopatra's Barge in Hawai'i (Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical ...

The first oceangoing yacht ever built in America, Cleopatra?s Barge, endured many incarnations over her eight-year life, from Mediterranean pleasure cruiser to a Hawaiian king?s personal yacht. The famed ship, at times also a Christian missionary transport, pirate ship, getaway vehicle,... more

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Smuggling: Contraband and Corruption in World History (Exploring World History) by Al...

In this lively book, Alan L. Karras traces the history of smuggling around the world and explores all aspects of this pervasive and enduring crime. Through a compelling set of cases drawn from a rich array of historical and contemporary sources, Karras shows how smuggling of every conceivable... more

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Pirates, Jack Tar and Memory (Maritime) by Paul A Gilje

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A Short History of the Civil War at Sea (The American Crisis Series, No. 5) by Spence...

While fighting on land continues to hold center stage, recently much more attention has been focused on the Civil War at sea. And for good reason. Naval operations decided the outcome of the war as the North exploited its significant naval and maritime advantage to turn the war on land in its... more

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The Alabama, British Neutrality, and the American Civil War by Frank J. Merli & D...

When Frank J. Merli died in December 2000, he left many manuscripts related to Great Britain and the American Civil War. At the request of Merli’s widow, David M. Fahey has edited this volume for publication. It offers a spirited critique of the way historians have presented the... more

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Sir Walter Ralegh (Great Voyagers) by Robert Lacey

Colorful and exciting, Sir Walter Ralegh became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. This world-famous explorer conceived and organized the colonizing expeditions to America; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England, and ended up in the Tower, following his secret wedding to Bess Throckmorton where... more

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As Affecting the Fate of My Absent Husband: Selected Letters of Lady Franklin Concern...

The tragic fate of the lost Franklin expedition (1845-48) is a well-known part of exploration history, but there has always been a gap in the story - a personal account that begs to be told. In "As Affecting the Fate of My Absent Husband", Erika Behrisch Elce has collected the poignant letters... more

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Captain Francis Crozier: Last Man Standing? by Michael Smith

Francis Crozier was a major figure in the epic quests of nineteenth-century Polar exploration - navigating the North West Passage, reaching the North Pole and mapping Antartica. His remarkable story embraces six daring voyages to the world's most hostile regions and extraordinary feats of... more

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Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition by Owen Beattie & John Geiger

In 1845, Sir John Franklin and his men set out to �penetrate the icy fastness of the north, and to circumnavigate America.? And then they disappeared. The truth about what happened to Franklin?s ill-fated Arctic expedition was shrouded in mystery for more than a century. Then, in 1984, Owen... more

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Finding Longitude: Ships, clocks and stars by Richard Dunn & Rebekah Higgitt

Official publication of the National Maritime Museum's "Ships, Clocks and Stars" exhibition. 300 years ago, amidst growing frustration from the naval community and pressure from the increasing importance of international trade, the British government passed the 1714 Longitude Act. It was an... more

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The Quest for Longitude: Ships, Clocks, and Stars by Richard Dunn & Rebekah Higgi...

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True Yankees: The South Seas and the Discovery of American Identity (The Johns Hopkin...

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 Treaty of Wangxi, Americans first voyaged past the Cape of Good Hope, reaching the ports of Algiers and the bazaars of Arabia, the markets of India and... more

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 Treaty of Wangxi, Americans first voyaged past the Cape of Good Hope, reaching the ports of Algiers and the bazaars of Arabia, the markets of India and the beaches of Sumatra, the villages of Cochin, China, and the factories of Canton. Their South Seas voyages of commerce and discovery introduced the infant nation to the world and the world to what the Chinese, Turks, and others dubbed the "new people."Drawing on private journals, letters, ships? logs, memoirs, and newspaper accounts, Dane A. Morrison's True Yankees traces America?s earliest encounters on a global stage through the exhilarating experiences of five Yankee seafarers. Merchant Samuel Shaw spent a decade scouring the marts of China and India for goods that would captivate the imaginations of his countrymen. Mariner Amasa Delano toured much of the Pacific hunting seals. Explorer Edmund Fanning circumnavigated the globe, touching at various Pacific and Indian Ocean ports of call. In 1829, twenty-year-old Harriett Low reluctantly accompanied her merchant uncle and ailing aunt to Macao, where she recorded trenchant observations of expatriate life. And sea captain Robert Bennet Forbes?s last sojourn in Canton coincided with the eruption of the First Opium War. How did these bold voyagers approach and do business with the people in the region, whose physical appearance, practices, and culture seemed so strange? And how did native men and women?not to mention the European traders who were in direct competition with the Americans?regard these upstarts who had fought off British rule? The accounts of these adventurous travelers reveal how they and hundreds of other mariners and expatriates influenced the ways in which Americans defined themselves, thereby creating a genuinely brash national character?the "true Yankee." Readers who love history and stories of exploration on the high seas will devour this gripping tale.

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Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition by Paul Watson

Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Lost Franklin Expedition of 1845?whose two ships and crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice?with the modern tale of the scientists, divers, and local Inuit behind the incredible discovery of the flagship's wreck in 2014.Paul Watson, a Pulitzer... more

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Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of Ame...

The remarkable story of the mission that inspired a nation to donate massive relief to Ireland during the potato famine and began America's tradition of providing humanitarian aid around the world More than 5,000 ships left Ireland during the great potato famine in the late 1840s,... more

The remarkable story of the mission that inspired a nation to donate massive relief to Ireland during the potato famine and began America's tradition of providing humanitarian aid around the world More than 5,000 ships left Ireland during the great potato famine in the late 1840s, transporting the starving and the destitute away from their stricken homeland. The first vessel to sail in the other direction, to help the millions unable to escape, was the USS Jamestown, a converted warship, which left Boston in March 1847 loaded with precious food for Ireland. In an unprecedented move by Congress, the warship had been placed in civilian hands, stripped of its guns, and committed to the peaceful delivery of food, clothing, and supplies in a mission that would launch America’s first full-blown humanitarian relief effort. Captain Robert Bennet Forbes and the crew of the USS Jamestown embarked on a voyage that began a massive eighteen-month demonstration of soaring goodwill against the backdrop of unfathomable despairâone nation’s struggle to survive, and another’s effort to provide a lifeline. The Jamestown mission captured hearts and minds on both sides of the Atlantic, of the wealthy and the hardscrabble poor, of poets and politicians. Forbes’ undertaking inspired a nationwide outpouring of relief that was unprecedented in size and scope, the first instance of an entire nation extending a hand to a foreign neighbor for purely humanitarian reasons. It showed the world that national generosity and brotherhood were not signs of weakness, but displays of quiet strength and moral certitude. In Voyage of Mercy, Stephen Puleo tells the incredible story of the famine, the Jamestown voyage, and the commitment of thousands of ordinary Americans to offer relief to Ireland, a groundswell that provided the collaborative blueprint for future relief efforts, and established the United States as the leader in international aid. The USS Jamestown’s heroic voyage showed how the ramifications of a single decision can be measured not in days, but in decades.

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Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and t...

"Where the Sea Breaks Its Back" is the story of the remarkable life of Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709-1742), one of Europe's foremost naturalists and the first to document the unique wildlife of the Alaskan coast. It is also the account of Vitus Bering's tragic last voyage across the uncharted... more

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Here Shall I Die Ashore: STEPHEN HOPKINS: Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor, and M...

In the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent STEPHEN HOPKINS to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horseman's coat as a gift and sign of friendship. For most ordinary Englishmen, venturing off into the depths of unexplored

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Abandoned: The Story of the Greely Arctic Expedition 1881-1884 by Alden L. Todd

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Abandoned: The Story of the Greely Arctic Expedition 1881-1884 by Alden Todd

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Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition by Buddy Levy

Based on the author's exhaustive research, the incredible true story of the Greely Expedition, one of the most harrowing adventures in the annals of polar exploration. In July 1881, Lt. A.W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global... more

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The World Atlas of Pirates: Treasures and Treachery on the Seven Seas--in Maps, Tall ...

By combining stunning cartography with engaging and authoritative text, The World Atlas of Pirates presents the story of piracy in a completely new way. Eighty maps plot the routes that pirates followed?whether crossing the world?s great oceans or pursuing their prey through creeks and bays.... more

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Adrift on The Haunted Seas: The Best Short Stories of William Hope Hodgson by William...

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) is acknowledged as one of the undisputed masters of the sea story. There has never been a collection of his very best short stories offered to the trade. Hodgson's sea stories have unusual authenticity owing to his having spent a lot of time on merchant's... more

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The Deeds of Commander Pietro Mocenigo in Three Books (Italica Press Medieval & Renai...

Coriolano Cippico (1425?93) was a Dalmatian nobleman from Trogir (Trau in modern Croatia), then part of the Venetian empire. He was a landowner, civil servant, humanist and military commander. From 1470 to 1474 he served as galley captain for a Venetian naval expedition in the eastern... more

Coriolano Cippico (1425?93) was a Dalmatian nobleman from Trogir (Trau in modern Croatia), then part of the Venetian empire. He was a landowner, civil servant, humanist and military commander. From 1470 to 1474 he served as galley captain for a Venetian naval expedition in the eastern Mediterranean under the command of the future doge of Venice, Pietro Mocenigo. Cippico wrote ?The Deeds of Commander Pietro Mocenigo? in 1474/75. Its three books describe the campaign as Mocenigo?s fleet engaged in a systematic depredation of the western Anatolian shoreline, helped suppress a political coup in Cyprus and seal the Venetian hold of the island, supported the Venetian diplomatic outreach to the lords of Karaman, the chief Ottoman adversaries in Anatolia, and provided crucial relief to the Venetian-held Albanian stronghold of Skodra (Scutari) besieged by Ottoman troops. Composed in an elegant humanist latin, ?The Deeds? offers a sophisticated eyewitness account of the Christian?Ottoman confrontation in the late fifteenth century. Besides its classicizing overtones, ?The Deeds? also makes astute and perceptive observations on the entangled relationship between Venice and the East. The brutality of war, the constant traffic in slaves and booty and the almost casual destruction of the ancient remains of Asia Minor form the backdrop to the expert diplomacy, crusade rhetoric, humanist discourse and cultural claims of the Venetian Republic. Cippico uses the language and tropes of the classical past, while the realities of combat and reprisal that he narrates give vivid testimony to the destruction of the last traces of that antiquity. Cippico provides one of the best narratives of how the empire of the Most Serene Republic actually worked. The present edition is the first English translation of ?The Deeds,? one of the finest pieces of Renaissance history writing, often and widely reprinted and much appreciated in its time but undeservedly forgotten until recently. Paperback, 148 pages. Introduction, notes, bibliography. 20 illustrations, 3 maps.

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The Sloop Of War: 1650-1763 by Ian McLaughlan

This is the first study in depth of the Royal Navy's vital, but largely ignored small craft. In the age of sail they were built in huge numbers and in far greater variety than the more regulated major warships, so they present a particular challenge to any historian attempting a coherent design... more

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'I am Determined to Live or Die on Board My Ship.': The Life of Admiral John Inglis: ...

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The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates by Peter T. Leeson

Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss--it's time to go a-pirating! The Invisible Hook takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates. With swashbuckling irreverence and devilish wit, Peter Leeson uncovers the hidden economics behind pirates' notorious,... more

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Native Heritage: Personal Accounts by American Indians, 1790 to the Present by Arlene...

Personal accounts by Native Americans from 1790 to the present. Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-289) and index. Table of Contents: Family ? Land and its resources ? Language ? Native education ? Traditional storytelling ? Traditions ? Worship ? Discrimination.

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Kings of the Sea: Charles II, James II and the Royal Navy by J. D. Davies

It is widely accepted that the Stuart kings, Charles II and James II, had an interest in the navy and the sea. Nonetheless, the major naval developments during their reigns?developments that effectively turned the Royal Navy into a permanent, professional fighting force?have traditionally been... more

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The Travels of Reverend Olafur Egilsson: The story of the Barbary corsair raid on Ice...

In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens of people and abducing close to four hundred to sell into slavery in North Africa. Among those taken were the Lutheran minister Reverend Olafur Egilsson. Reverend Olafur (born in the same year as William Shakespeare and... more

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Sons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail by Stephen Taylor

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The Novel and the Sea (Translation/Transnation) by Margaret Cohen

For a century, the history of the novel has been written in terms of nations and territories: the English novel, the French novel, the American novel. But what if novels were viewed in terms of the seas that unite these different lands? Examining works across two centuries, The Novel and the Sea... more

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Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhu...

Henry Every was the seventeenth century’s most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular -- and wildly inaccurate -- reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. But Steven Johnson argues that... more

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In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine by Rachel Lance

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Not a Gentleman's Work: The Untold Story of a Gruesome Murder at Sea and the Long Roa...

The true story of the most notorious crime in American nautical history -- a uniquely grotesque triple murder -- and the long journey to truth. The Herbert Fuller, a three-masted sailing ship loaded with New England lumber, left Boston bound for Buenos Aires on July 8, 1896 with twelve... more

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Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem: How Religion Drove the Voyages that Led to Amer...

Now in paperback from scholar Carol Delaney: ?a welcome reappraisal of Columbus and his legacy? (Kirkus Reviews).The dominant understanding of Christopher Columbus holds him responsible for almost everything that went wrong in the New World. Here, finally, is a book that will radically change... more

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The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World by Maya Jasanoff

A visionary exploration of the life and times of Joseph Conrad, his turbulent age of globalization and our own, from one of the most exciting young historians writing today Migration, terrorism, the tensions between global capitalism and nationalism, and a communications revolution: these... more

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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline

In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the... more

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Pirates And Pickled Heads: An Eclectic Collection Of Scottish Sea Stories by Helen Su...

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Whaling Captains of Color: America's First Meritocracy by Skip Finley

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Foghorns Saved Lives, Too: Lighthouse Living in Michigan's Upper Peninsula by Vivian ...

Foghorns were very important along with the lights of lighthouses. Foghouses are all but forgotten and we need to remember foghorns and lights came as a package for lifesaving.

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Faces of the Civil War Navies: An Album of Union and Confederate Sailors by Ronald S....

During the American Civil War, more than one hundred thousand men fought on ships at sea or on one of America?s great inland rivers. There were no large-scale fleet engagements, yet the navies, particularly the Union Navy, did much to define the character of the war and affect its length. The... more

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Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea by Paul Begg

In 1872 the Mary Celeste was found sailing aimlessly in the Atlantic Ocean, her crew strangely and inexplicably missing. What happened to them has remained an enduring mystery of the sea. Mary Celeste quickly became the subject of stories that told of half-eaten meals, mugs of still-warm tea... more

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Sailors on the Rocks: Famous Royal Navy Shipwrecks by Peter C. Smith

For three hundred years or more the Royal Navy really did ?Rule the Waves?, in the sense that during the numerous wars with our overseas enemies, British fleets and individual ships more often than not emerged victorious from combat. One French Admiral was to generously acknowledge that the... more

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Erebus: One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time by Mic...

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The Bligh Notebook by William Bligh & John Bach (Editor)

Rough Account, Lieutenant Wm Bligh's Voyage in the Bounty's Launch from the Ship to Tofua & from Thence to Timor, 28 April to 14 June 1789 This account of William Bligh's epic open boat voyage to Timor after the mutiny on his ship HMS Bounty in April 1789 is based on his... more

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Maritime Maryland: A History by William S. Dudley

Harvested for food, harnessed for power, and home to more than 3,600 species of plants, fish, and animals, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries have long been essential to the sustainability and survival of the region's populations. Historian William S. Dudley explores that history in an... more

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Historical Dreadnoughts: Marder and Roskill: Writing and Fighting Naval History by Ba...

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Commander Will Cushing: Daredevil Hero of the Civil War by Jamie Malanowski

?Superbly entertaining.??S. C. Gwynne, best-selling author of Empire of the Summer Moon October 1864. The confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle had sunk two federal warships and damaged seven others, taking control of the Roanoke River and threatening the Union blockade. Twenty-one-year-old navy... more

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The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger by Jules Verne

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style.... more

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Captain Cook's War and Peace: The Royal Navy Years 1755-1768 by John Robson

The author of two critically acclaimed books on Captain Cook, John Robson has now turned his attention to the decade leading up to Cook's famous 1768 expedition to the Pacific. This new book investigates why Cook was chosen to captain Endeavor and how he became uniquely qualified for the... more

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Pepys's Navy: Ships, Men and Warfare 1649-89 by J. D. Davies

Pepys's Navy describes every aspect the English navy in the second half of the seventeenth century, from the time when the Fleet Royal was taken into Parliamentary control after the defeat of Charles I, until the accession of William and Mary in 1689 when the long period of war with the Dutch... more

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The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean: Rome's Dealings with the Ancient Kingdoms of I...

The ancient evidence suggests that international commerce supplied Roman government with up to a third of the revenues that sustained their empire. In ancient times large fleets of Roman merchant ships set sail from Egypt on voyages across the Indian Ocean. They sailed from Roman ports on the... more

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Scotland and the Sea: The Scottish Dimension in Maritime History by Nick Robins

Scotland's maritime heritage is a highly significant one, embracing as it does a quite outstanding contribution to Britain's development both as an empire and as the world's leading maritime power in the nineteenth century. Scottish engineering, ship owning and operating, as well as business... more

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The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight f...

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The First Circumnavigators: Unsung Heroes of the Age of Discovery by Mr. Harry Kelsey

Prior histories of the first Spanish mariners to circumnavigate the globe in the sixteenth century have focused on Ferdinand Magellan and the other illustrious leaders of these daring expeditions. Harry Kelsey?s masterfully researched study is the first to concentrate on the hitherto anonymous... more

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Congo, the Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. Emory Taunt, USN by Andrew...

Lauded for his ability to tell compelling, true adventure stories, award-winning author Andrew C.A. Jampoler has turned his attention this time to a young American naval officer on a mission up the Congo River in May 1885. Lt. Emory Taunt was ordered to explore as much of the river as possible... more

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My Just Desire : The Life of Bess Raleigh, Wife to Sir Walter by Anna Beer

Young, beautiful, and connected by blood to the most powerful families in England, Bess Throckmorton had as much influence over Queen Elizabeth I as any woman in the realm—but she risked everything to marry the most charismatic man of the day. The secret marriage between Bess and the... more

Young, beautiful, and connected by blood to the most powerful families in England, Bess Throckmorton had as much influence over Queen Elizabeth I as any woman in the realm—but she risked everything to marry the most charismatic man of the day. The secret marriage between Bess and the Queen’s beloved Sir Walter Ralegh cost both of them their fortunes, their freedom, and very nearly their lives. Yet it was Bess, resilient, passionate, and politically shrewd, who would live to restore their name and reclaim her political influence. In this dazzling biography, Bess Ralegh finally emerges from her husband’s shadow to stand as a complex, commanding figure in her own right.Writing with grace and drama, Anna Beer brings Bess to life as a woman, a wife and mother, an intimate friend of poets and courtiers, and a skilled political infighter in Europe’s most powerful and most dangerous court. The only daughter of an ambitious aristocratic family, Bess was thrust at a tender age into the very epicenter of royal power when her parents secured her the position of Elizabeth’s Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber. Bess proved to be a natural player on this stage of extravagant mythmaking and covert sexual politics, until she fell in love with the Queen’s Captain of the Guard, the handsome, virile, meteorically rising Ralegh. But their secret marriage, swiftly followed by the birth of their son, would have grave consequences for both of them.Brooking the Queen’s wrath and her husband’s refusal to acknowledge their marriage, Bess brilliantly stage-managed her social and political rehabilitation and emerged from prison as the leader of a brilliant, fast-living aristocratic set. She survived personal tragedy, the ruinous global voyages launched by her husband, and the vicious plots of high-placed enemies. Though Raleigh in the end fell afoul of court intrigue, Bess lived on into the reign of James I as a woman of hard-won wisdom and formidable power.With compelling historical insight, Anna Beer recreates here the vibrant pageant of Elizabethan England—the brilliant wit and vicious betrayals, the new discoveries and old rivalries, the violence and fierce sexuality of life at court. Peopled by poets and princes, spanning the reigns of two monarchs, moving between the palaces of London and the manor house outside the capital, My Just Desire is the portrait of a remarkable woman who lived at the center of an extraordinary time.

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Polar Wives: The Remarkable Women behind the World's Most Daring Explorers by Kari He...

Polar explorers were the superstars of the �heroic age? of exploration, a period spanning the Victorian and Edwardian eras. In this engaging book, author Kari Herbert explores the unpredictable, often heartbreaking lives of seven remarkable women who married world-famous polar explorers. As the... more

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We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen

Carsten Jensen?s debut novel has taken the world by storm. Already hailed in Europe as an instant classic, We, the Drowned is the story of the port town of Marstal, whose inhabitants have sailed the world?s oceans aboard freight ships for centuries. Spanning over a hundred years, from the... more

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The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths by Benerson Little

For thousands of years, pirates have terrorized the ocean voyager and the coastal inhabitant, plundered ship and shore, and wrought havoc on the lives and livelihoods of rich and poor alike. Around these desperate men has grown a body of myths and legends�fascinating tales that today strongly... more

For thousands of years, pirates have terrorized the ocean voyager and the coastal inhabitant, plundered ship and shore, and wrought havoc on the lives and livelihoods of rich and poor alike. Around these desperate men has grown a body of myths and legends�fascinating tales that today strongly influence our notions of pirates and piracy. Most of these myths derive from the pirates of the �Golden Age,? from roughly 1655 to 1725. This was the age of the Spanish Main, of Henry Morgan and Blackbeard, of Bartholomew Sharp and Bartholomew Roberts. The history of pirate myth is rich in action, at sea and ashore. However, the truth is far more interesting. In The Golden Age of Piracy, expert pirate historian Benerson Little debunks more than a dozen pirate myths that derive from this era�from the flying of the Jolly Roger to the burying of treasure, from walking the plank to the staging of epic sea battles�and shows that the truth is far more fascinating and disturbing than the romanticized legends. Among Little?s revelations are that pirates of the Golden Age never made their captives walk the plank and that they, instead, were subject to horrendous torture, such as being burned or hung by their arms. Likewise, epic sea battles involving pirates were fairly rare because most prey surrendered immediately. The stories are real and are drawn heavily from primary sources. Complementing them are colorful images of flags, ships, and buccaneers based on eyewitness accounts. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Adrift: A True Story of Tragedy on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell abo...

A story of tragedy at sea where every desperate act meant life or death The small ship making the Liverpool-to-New York trip in the early months of 1856 carried mail, crates of dry goods, and more than one hundred passengers, mostly Irish emigrants. Suddenly an iceberg tore the ship asunder and... more

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A Voyage towards the South Pole: Performed in the Years 1822-24: Containing an Examin...

James Weddell (1787-1834) a self-taught navigator, started his sailing career aged 9 and later led several voyages towards the Antarctic. This book, first published in 1825, is his account of the voyage of the Jane, which went on a sealing trip to the Falklands and beyond, but turned back before... more

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Captain's Wife (Seafarers Voices 7) by Abby Jane Morrell

During the nineteenth century it became increasingly common for merchant service masters to take their wives to sea. Among the first, and most accomplished literature about this subject, is Abby Jane Morrell's account of a voyage between 1829 and 1831 that took her from New England to the South... more

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The Age of the Ship of the Line: The British and French Navies, 1650-1815 (Studies in...

For nearly two hundred years huge wooden warships called “ships of the line” dominated war at sea and were thus instrumental in the European struggle for power and the spread of imperialism. Foremost among the great naval powers were Great Britain and France, whose advanced economies could... more

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Two Years on the Alabama: A Firsthand Account of the Daring Exploits of the Infamous ...

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Icebound In The Arctic: The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Exped...

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Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition by Paul Watson

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Captain Francis Crozier: Last Man Standing? by Michael Smith

A biography of Francis Crozier whose 19th century search for the Northwest Passage lead him on a deadly expedition with Captain Franklin that ended in disaster. Francis Crozier was a major figure in the epic quests of nineteenth-century Polar exploration - navigating the North West Passage,... more

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Edward III and the War at Sea: The English Navy, 1327-1377 (Warfare in History) by Gr...

Edward III and the War at Sea: The English Navy, 1327-77 describes naval warfare during the opening phase of the Hundred Years War. This was a vital period in the development of the early Royal Navy, in which Edward III's government struggled to harness English naval power in a dramatic battle... more

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The Golden Age of Maritime Maps: When Europe Discovered the World by Catherine Hofman...

"Portolan charts," so called from the Italian adjective portolano, meaning "related to ports or harbours," were born during the 12th century in the maritime community. These charts, drawn on parchment and crisscrossed with lines referring to the compass directions,... more

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Farther Than Any Man: The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook by Martin Dugard

In the annals of seafaring and exploration, there is one name that immediately evokes visions of the open ocean, billowing sails, visiting strange, exotic lands previously uncharted, and civilizations never before encountered -- Captain James Cook. This is the true story of a legendary man and... more

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Thar She Goes: Shipbuilding on the Connecticut River by Ellsworth S. Grant

For almost 200 years, in small towns from Lyme to East Windsor, more than 40 family-owned yards crafted wooden ships by hand. Shipbuilding was Connecticut's first important industry and was second only to farming in total employment. The golden era of shipbuilding extended from 1750 to 1850,... more

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Shipping and Military Power in the Seven Years War: The Sails of Victory (University ...

The Seven Years War (1756?63) was the most successful military affair in British History, as the Royal Navy triumphantly asserted its supremacy over France and Spain en route to its conquering of a vast overseas empire. This key volume describes the amphibious British war machine in its first... more

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Portsmouth Dockyard Through Time by Philip MacDougall

Portsmouth Dockyard has a long and distinguished history. Functioning in a naval capacity since 1495, although more active as a dockyard from the Victorian period, few other places have such a prominent place in Britain’s naval history. The dockyard is the oldest that the Royal Navy has,... more

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TUDOR SEA POWER: The Foundation of Greatness by David Childs

In the sixteenth century England turned from being an insignificant part of an offshore island into a nation respected and feared in Europe. This was not achieved through empire building, conquest, large armies, treaties, marriage alliances, trade or any of the other traditional means of... more

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Fatal Treasure: Greed and Death, Emeralds and Gold, and the Obsessive Search for the ...

"In real life–especially off the Florida coast–things can have fatal consequences. Fatal Treasure is a truly compelling read." –Aphrodite Jones, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Sacrifice and All She Wanted When the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora... more

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Long Island and the Sea: A Maritime History by Bill Bleyer

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The Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage by John Harris

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The Sea Warriors: Fighting Captains and Frigate Warfare in the Age of Nelson by Richa...

The Sea Warriors chronicles the real-life adventures of the great sea captains who spent long, arduous years on the world’s oceans, fighting for king and country, to win and rule the waves. The struggles of the Royal Navy’s finest commanders encompass the Napoleonic Wars and the War of... more

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Lords of the Sea: A History of the Barbary Corsairs by Alan G. Jamieson

The escalation of piracy in the waters east and south of Somalia has led commentators to call the area the new Barbary, but the Somali pirates cannot compare to the three hundred years of terror supplied by the Barbary corsairs in the Mediterranean and beyond. From 1500 to 1800, Muslim pirates... more

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Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates by Eri...

With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, Blue Waters is ?rumbustious enough for the adventure-hungry? (Peter Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle). Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the... more

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Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot by Ken McGoogan

John Rae's accomplishments, surpassing all nineteenth-century Arctic explorers, were worthy of honors and international fame. No explorer even approached Rae's prolific record: 1,776 miles surveyed of uncharted territory; 6,555 miles hiked on snowshoes; and 6,700 miles navigated in small boats.... more

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Rome Seizes the Trident: The Defeat of Carthaginian Seapower and the Forging of the R...

Seapower played a greater part in ancient empire building than is often appreciated. The Punic Wars, especially the first, were characterized by massive naval battles. The Romans did not even possess a navy of their own when war broke out between them and the Carthaginians in Sicily in 264... more

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In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the Bri...

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Feeding Nelson's Navy by Janet Macdonald

This celebration of the Georgian sailor's diet reveals how the navy's administrators fed a fleet of more than 150,000 men, in ships that were often at sea for months on end and that had no recourse to either refrigeration or canning. Contrary to the prevailing image of rotten meat and weevily... more

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Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage (New Black Studies Se...

Most times left solely within the confine of plantation narratives, slavery was far from a land-based phenomenon. This book reveals for the first time how it took critical shape at sea. Expanding the gaze even more widely, the book centers on how the oceanic transport of human cargoes--known as... more

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The Tsarina's Lost Treasure: Catherine the Great, a Golden Age Masterpiece, and a Leg...

A riveting history and maritime adventure about priceless masterpieces originally destined for Catherine the Great. On October 1771, a merchant ship out of Amsterdam, Vrouw Maria, crashed off the stormy Finnish coast, taking her historic cargo to the depths of the Baltic... more

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The Forgotten Heroes : The Heroic Story of the United States Merchant Marine by Brian...

The United States Merchant Marine has a tradition---from the Revolutionary War to the present-day Gulf conflicts---of being in the forefront of every American military action. They have served with distinction in every case. Brian Herbert has chronicled the amazing exploits of these gallant... more

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Poxed and Scurvied by Kevin Brown

When European sailors began to explore the rest of the world, the problem of keeping healthy on such long voyages became acute. Malnourishment and crowded conditions bred disease, but they also carried epidemics that decimated the indigenous populations they encountered - and brought back new... more

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Coastal Maine: A Maritime History by Roger F. Duncan

A fascinating and comprehensive chronicle of four hundred years of maritime history along the Maine coast. Roger Duncan recounts four hundred years of Maine's rich maritime history, from the early seafarers' discovery of its valuable resources and the families that settled the land, to Maine's... more

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Lighthouse Families by Bruce Roberts & Cheryl Shelton-Roberts

A paperback, attractively priced edition of one of Crane Hills best-selling hardbacks, Lighthouse Families goes beyond the historical account of American lighthouses and captures the stories and memories of lighthouse family members still living. Through words and photographs, the book describes... more

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Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night...

The harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry -- with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter. In August 1897, thirty-one-year-old commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail aboard the Belgica, fueled by... more

The harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry -- with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter. In August 1897, thirty-one-year-old commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail aboard the Belgica, fueled by a profound sense of adventure and dreams of claiming glory for his native Belgium. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica. But the commandant's plans for a three-year expedition to reach the magnetic South Pole would be thwarted at each turn. Before the ship cleared South America, it had already broken down, run aground, and lost several key crew members, leaving behind a group with dubious experience for such an ambitious voyage. As the ship progressed into the freezing waters, the captain had to make a choice: turn back and spare his men the potentially devastating consequences of getting stuck, or recklessly sail deeper into the ice pack to chase glory and fame. He sailed on, and the Belgica soon found itself stuck fast in the icy hold of the Antarctic continent. The ship would winter on the ice. Plagued by a mysterious, debilitating illness and besieged by the monotony of their days, the crew deteriorated as their confinement in suffocating close quarters wore on and their hope of escape dwindled daily. As winter approached the days grew shorter, until the sun set on the magnificent polar landscape one last time, condemning the ship's occupants to months of quarantine in an endless night. Forged in fire and carved by ice, Antarctica proved a formidable opponent for the motley crew. Among them was Frederick Cook, an American doctor -- part scientist, part adventurer, part P.T. Barnum -- whose unorthodox methods delivered many of the crew from the gruesome symptoms of scurvy and whose relentless optimism buoyed their spirits through the long, dark polar night. Then there was Roald Amundsen, a young Norwegian who went on to become a storied polar explorer in his own right, exceeding de Gerlache's wildest dreams by leading the first expeditions to traverse the Northwest Passage and reach the South Pole. Drawing on firsthand accounts of the Belgica's voyage and exclusive access to the ship's logbook, Sancton tells the tale of its long, isolated imprisonment on the ice -- a story that NASA studies today in its research on isolation for missions to Mars. In vivid, hair-raising prose, Sancton recounts the myriad forces that drove these men right up to and over the brink of madness.

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Trim, The Cartographer's Cat: The ship's cat who helped Flinders map Australia by Mat...

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Edward Wilson's Antarctic Notebooks (Antarctica) by David Wilson

Dr. Edward A. Wilson (1872-1912) is widely regarded as one of the finest artists ever to have worked in the Antarctic. Sailing with Captain Scott aboard 'Discovery' (1901-1904), he became the last in a long tradition of 'exploration artists' from an age when pencil and water-colour were the main... more

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PIRATE HUNTER: THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN WOODES ROGERS by Graham Thomas

On 2 August 1708 Captain Woodes Rogers set sail from Bristol with two ships, the Duke and Duchess, on an epic voyage of circumnavigation that was to make him famous. His mission was to attack, plunder and pillage Spanish ships wherever he could. And, as Graham Thomas shows in this tense and... more

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The Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates by David...

Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David Head. Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century empires, how pirates operated their... more

Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David Head. Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century empires, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined. The essays presented take the study of piracy, which can easily lapse into rousing, romanticized stories, to new heights of rigor and insight. The Golden Age of Piracy also delves into the enduring status of pirates as pop culture icons. Audiences have devoured stories about cutthroats such as Blackbeard and Henry Morgan from the time that pirates sailed the sea. By looking at the ideas of gender and sexuality surrounding pirate stories, the fad for hunting pirate treasure, and the construction of pirate myths, the book’s contributors tell a new story about the dangerous men, and a few dangerous women, who terrorized the high seas. Why Atlantic piracy? by Carla Gardina Pestana -- Jamaica's private seafarers : politics and violence in a seventeenth-century English colony by John A. Coakley -- "Sailors from the woods" : logwood cutting and the spectrum of piracy by Kevin P. McDonald -- Trial and error : piracy trials in England and its colonies, 1696-1723 by Douglas R. Burgess -- Protecting trade by suppressing pirates : British colonial and metropolitan responses to Atlantic piracy, 1716-1726 by David Wilson -- The persistence of piracy in the British Atlantic by Guy Chet -- A model of piracy : the buccaneers of the seventeenth-century Caribbean by Virginia W. Lunsford -- The economic way of thinking about pirates by Peter T. Leeson -- Henry Every and the creation of the pirate myth in early modern Britain by Margarette Lincoln -- "Blood and lust" : masculinity and sexuality in illustrated print portrayals of early pirates of the Caribbean by Carolyn Eastman -- A woman is to blame : gender and the literature of antebellum pirate confessions by Matthew Taylor Raffety -- Pirate ghosts and buried treasure : hunting for gold in the new American republic by Adam Jortner.

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Captain Bartholomew Roberts, a Pirate's Journal: The Most Successful Pirate of All Ti...

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The Lighthouse: The Mystery of the Eliean Mor Lighthouse Keepers by Keith McCloskey

What really happened to the mysteriously vanished lighthouse keepers?a true story, evocative of The Shining On December 26,�1900, the vessel Hesperus arrived at Eilean Mor in the remote Outer Hebrides with relief lighthouse men and fresh provisions. Staffed by three keepers, the lighthouse had... more

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Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of "Moby-Dick" by Richard J. King

Although Herman Melville?s Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing?or even a novel of the sea. Yet Pulitzer Prize?winning author Annie Dillard avers Moby-Dick is the ?best book ever written about... more

Although Herman Melville?s Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing?or even a novel of the sea. Yet Pulitzer Prize?winning author Annie Dillard avers Moby-Dick is the ?best book ever written about nature,? and nearly the entirety of the story is set on the waves, with scarcely a whiff of land. In fact, Ishmael?s sea yarn is in conversation with the nature writing of Emerson and Thoreau, and Melville himself did much more than live for a year in a cabin beside a pond. He set sail: to the far remote Pacific Ocean, spending more than three years at sea before writing his masterpiece in 1851. A revelation for Moby-Dick devotees and neophytes alike, Ahab?s Rolling Sea is a chronological journey through the natural history of Melville?s novel. From white whales to whale intelligence, giant squids, barnacles, albatross, and sharks, Richard J. King examines what Melville knew from his own experiences and the sources available to a reader in the mid-1800s, exploring how and why Melville might have twisted what was known to serve his fiction. King then climbs to the crow?s nest, setting Melville in the context of the American perception of the ocean in 1851?at the very start of the Industrial Revolution and just before the publication of On the Origin of Species. King compares Ahab?s and Ishmael?s worldviews to how we see the ocean today: an expanse still immortal and sublime, but also in crisis. And although the concept of stewardship of the sea would have been entirely foreign, if not absurd, to Melville, King argues that Melville?s narrator Ishmael reveals his own tendencies toward what we would now call environmentalism. Featuring a coffer of illustrations and an array of interviews with contemporary scientists, fishers, and whale watch operators, Ahab?s Rolling Sea offers new insight not only into a cherished masterwork and its author but also into our evolving relationship with the briny deep?from whale hunters to climate refugees.

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New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America by Wendy Warren

A New York Times Editor?s Choice "This book is an original achievement, the kind of history that chastens our historical memory as it makes us wiser." ?David W. BlightWidely hailed as a ?powerfully written? history about America?s beginnings (Annette Gordon-Reed), New England Bound... more

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Fifty Ships That Changed the Course of History: A Nautical History of the World (Fift...

Fifty Ships That Changed the Course of History is a beautiful guide to fifty water vessels that played a key role in world history and had a great impact on human civilization. The book presents the ships chronologically, beginning with Pharaoh Khufu's Solar Barge from about 2566 BCE. The... more

Fifty Ships That Changed the Course of History is a beautiful guide to fifty water vessels that played a key role in world history and had a great impact on human civilization. The book presents the ships chronologically, beginning with Pharaoh Khufu's Solar Barge from about 2566 BCE. The chapter includes a photograph of the reconstructed ship, discovered in 1954 near the Great Pyramid. Religious beliefs held that in the afterlife the pharaoh would need a ship to sail the cosmic waters of the sky with the sun god, Ra. The book closes with another sun-seeking ship four thousand years later. The epitome of an ocean cruise ship, the MS Allure of the Seas is the biggest passenger ship ever built. An Oasis-class cruise ship, it is a destination in itself, complete with a Central Park-like oasis, 18 decks, 5,492 passengers, and a crew of 2,384. Between these landmark vessels is a variety of ships used for all of mankind's needs, from hunters searching for food, traders with goods to barter and warriors bent on conquest, to explorers longing to see what lay beyond the horizon. Over time, the first small primitive watercraft evolved into bigger seagoing vessels, shaping our history, culture, and civilization along the way. Some of the fifty ships are: USS Holland, the first successful submersible vehicle, built in 1897. USS Enterprise, the first of the nuclear-powered supercarriers. SS Torrey Canyon, source of the first big oil spill at sea. SS Ideal X, the first container ship, which revolutionized global trade. USS Missouri, the US Navy's last battleship and host to the ceremony that ended World War II. SS Normandie, which set new standards for luxury ocean transport. U-21, Germany's most deadly U-boat and the first to sink a ship and survive. RMS Lusitania, the luxurious ocean liner whose sinking forced America into World War I. Mayflower, whose passengers, the Pilgrim Fathers, sailed to America. Zheng He's Treasure Ships, seven great fleets of ships that reached Africa. The Trireme, a fine example of a pre-Viking Nordic vessel. Amistad, overtaken by its slave passengers. SS Great Britain, the first transoceanic ship. Bismark, one of the most powerful battleships of World War II, defeated by a biplane. The concise text is highlighted by elegant reproductions, photographs, and sidebars, paintings, ship plans, quotes and photographs. This attractive reference provides an innovative perspective on maritime and world history. It is an excellent selection for all collections.

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Medieval Maritime Warfare by Charles D. Stanton

Following the fall of Rome, the sea is increasingly the stage upon which the human struggle of western civilization is played out. In a world of few roads and great disorder, the sea is the medium on which power is projected and wealth sought. Yet this confused period in the history of maritime... more

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FRIGATES, SLOOPS AND BRIGS (Pen & Sword Military Classics) by James Henderson

Admiral Nelson's most frequent cry was for more frigates. Though not ships of the line these fast and powerful warships were the 'eyes of the fleet'. They enabled admirals to find where the enemy lay and his likely intentions, as well as patrolling vital trade routes and providing information... more

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The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama by Nigel Cliff

Historian Nigel Cliff delivers a sweeping, radical reinterpretation of Vasco da Gama?s pioneering voyages, revealing their significance as a decisive turning point in the struggle between Christianity and Islam?a series of events which forever altered the relationship between East and West.... more

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Captain Cook: Master of the Seas by Dr. Frank McLynn

The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was navigator and cartographer Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy. Recent writers have viewed Cook largely through the... more

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The Savage Shore: Extraordinary Stories of Survival and Tragedy from the Early Voyage...

For centuries before the arrival in Australia of Captain Cook and the so-called First Fleet in 1788, intrepid seafaring explorers had been searching, with varied results, for the fabled ?Great Southland.? In this enthralling history of early discovery, Graham Seal offers breathtaking tales of... more

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Horrible Shipwreck! by Andrew C. A. Jampoler

On August 25, 1833, the British convict transport Amphitrite, filled with more than one hundred women prisoners and their children, together with a crew of sixteen, left London for the convict colony in New South Wales. Less than a week later, all but three died when a savage storm battered... more

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The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter: The Remarkable True Story of American Heroine Ida L...

Praise for the previous edition (The Keeper of Lime Rock) “Filled with fascinating stories of Lewis’s rescues, [this] book . . . will appeal to readers who enjoy a good sea story as well as those who simply want to read about an unusual and brave woman.”—Publishers Weekly This... more

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The Wreck of the William Brown by Tom Koch

A maritime disaster that shocked the world. Seventy-one years before the loss of the Titanic, another ship sank in almost the same spot after striking an iceberg at maximum speed. Three-quarters of the passengers—poor, mostly Irish emigrants—were lost, including at least fourteen who... more

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New Worlds Ahead First hand accounts of English Voyages by John Hampden

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Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World by Jo...

Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island in this true story of human nature at its best—and at its worst. It is 1864, and Captain Thomas Musgrave’s schooner, the Grafton, has just wrecked on... more

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The Sea Journal: Seafarers' Sketchbooks (Illustrated Book of Historical Sailor Explor...

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Fishing Barges of California 1921-1998 by Ed Ries

Few Southern Californians realize that over 110 fishing barges dotted our coastline from San Diego to Santa Barbara and beyond for three quarters of a century. Vessels that outlived their usefulness were now moored near the coast as platforms from which to fish. The story of each barge, its... more

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Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin

In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time. On the first, she ventured further south than any human had ever been. On the second, she vanished with her 129-strong crew in the wastes of the Canadian... more

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The Last Voyage of Columbus : Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Exped...

This thrilling adventure narrative recreates the epic, never-before-told story of Columbus's fourth and final journey to the New World--a voyage that was by far his most dangerous, unexpected, exhilarating, and consequential.

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Daily Life of Pirates (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) by Davi...

Over the past decade, research in Spanish, French, and Dutch archives, as well as in traditional English repositories, has resulted in a clearer picture of the activities and lives of the pirates who roamed the seas during the "Golden Age of Piracy" from 1650 to 1720. That is the picture shared... more

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Pirates and Buccaneers of the Atlantic Coast (Snow Centennial Editions) by Edward Row...

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The First Voyage Around the World (1519-1522) by Antonio Pigafetta

On 10 August 1519, five ships departed from Seville for what was to become the first circumnavigation of the globe. Linked by fame to the name of its captain, Magellan, much of the expedition is known through the travelogue of one of the few crew members who returned to Spain, Antonio Pigafetta.... more

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Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the...

Andrew Lambert turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as “seapowers” informed their actions and enabled them to achieve success disproportionate to their size. Lambert demonstrates how creating maritime... more

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The Naval War of 1812: A Complete History by Theodore Roosevelt

Although only 23 years old at the time of publication, Theodore Roosevelt made his mark as a military scholar with this detailed analysis of naval combat between the United States and Great Britain from 1812-15. Engagingly written and comprehensively researched, The Naval War of 1812 exercised... more

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The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates...

For fans of Black Sails and Crossbones comes a new history of the Golden Age of Piracy...In the early eighteenth century a number of the great pirate captains, including Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach and 'Black Sam' Bellamy, joined forces. This infamous 'Flying Gang' was more than simply a thieving... more

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Journey to the Arctic: The True Story of the Disastrous 1871 Mission to the North Pol...

An astonishing tale of being stranded in the Arctic Ice.?While floating down on the ice-floe, in the midst of dirt and darkness, hungry and cold? I wondered at myself that I could have learned, in a few short months, to have eaten such things, and submitted to such practices, as but few... more

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The Art of Rigging (Dover Maritime) by George Biddlecombe

Once upon a time, a mastery of the art of rigging was required for anyone working onboard a ship. Although this is no longer the case for sailors on today's steel-hulled, gas-powered behemoth's, the intricate rope work that once made sailing possible is a fascinating and important part of... more

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Paasch's Illustrated Marine Dictionary: Originally Published as "From Keel to Truck" ...

Captain Heinrich Paasch was the first to recognize the complexity and variety in marine vocabulary and technical terminology and the inherent need for a cohesive classification of nautical terms. Equipped with over thirty-five years of seafaring experience, including as a sailor, captain, and as... more

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Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of D...

The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery -- and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to history It began with a secret mission, no expenses spared. Spain, plotting to break Portugal’s... more

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Weird and Tragic Shores : The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer (Modern Library...

In 1860, fifteen years after Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition disappeared in the Arctic, a Cincinnati businessman named Charles Francis Hall set out to locate and rescue the expedition's survivors. He was an amateur explorer, without any scientific training or experience, but he was... more

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Small Boats and Daring Men: Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early Americ...

Two centuries before the daring exploits of Navy SEALs and Marine Raiders captured the public imagination, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps were already engaged in similarly perilous missions: raiding pirate camps, attacking enemy ships in the dark of night, and striking enemy facilities and... more

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Shipwrecks and Rescues Along the Barrier Islands of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia ...

During the days of the U. S. Life-Saving Service, the predecessor to the U. S. Coast Guard, daring deeds and heroic efforts were the norm as literally hundreds of saves were made from Smith Island to Assateague in Virginia, Ocean City and Isle of Wight in Maryland and Fenwick Island to Indian... more

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Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhu...

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Sea Fever: The True Adventures That Inspired Our Greatest Maritime Authors, from Conr...

How did a big-game fishing trip rudely interrupted by sharks inspire one of the key scenes in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea? How did Robert Louis Stevenson's cruise to the cannibal-infested South Sea islands prove instrumental in his writing of The Beach of Falesa and The Ebb Tide? How did... more

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The Survivors of the Chancellor by Jules Verne

The Survivors of the Chancellor: Diary of J. R. Kazallon, Passenger is an 1875 novel written by Jules Verne about the final voyage of a British sailing ship, the Chancellor, told from the perspective of one of its passengers (in the form of a diary).

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Harbor and Town: A Maritime Cultural History by Wolfgang Rudolph

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Sailors: English Merchant Seamen, 1650-1775 by Peter Earle

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Know Your Ships 2016: Field Guide to Boats & Boatwatching - Great Lakes / St. Lawrenc...

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Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea Pitzer

The human story has always been one of perseverance -- often against remarkable odds. The most astonishing survival tale of all might be that of 16th-century Dutch explorer William Barents and his crew of sixteen, who ventured farther north than any Europeans before and, on their third polar... more

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Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars by Jamie L. H...

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Tracing Your Seafaring Ancestors by Simon Wills

Photographs of your seafaring ancestors may tell you more about their lives than you realize, and Simon Wills?s helpful and practical guide shows you how to identify and interpret the evidence caught on camera. Since maritime roles have been so vital to Britain?s prosperity and military might,... more

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Rescue of the Bounty: Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy by Michael J. Tougias...

An all-new harrowing maritime tale of the sinking and rescue efforts surrounding the HMS Bounty?the actual replica used in the 1962 remake of the 1935 classic Mutiny on the Bounty?which sank during Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboard. On Tuesday, October 24, 2012, Captain Robin Walbridge made... more

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Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition : The Voyage of the Nimrod by Beau Riffenburgh

On New Year's Day 1908, Ernest Shackleton, a little-known adventurer determined to find fame and fortune by becoming the first man to reach the South Pole, took his tiny ship, Nimrod, south to the mysterious regions of the Antarctic. In the coming year, Shackleton would record the greatest... more

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The Warship Mary Rose: The Life & Times of King Henry VIII's Flagship by David Childs

This new paperback edition brings the history of Henry VIII's famous warship right up to date with new chapters on the stunning presentation of the hull and the 19,000 salvaged artefacts in the new museum in Portsmouth. Mary Rose has, along with HMS Victory, become an instantly recognisable... more

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The Warship Mary Rose: The Life & Times of King Henry VIII's Flagship by David Childs

The raising of the Mary Rose in 1982 made headline news. As an archaeological event it ranked alongside Schliemanns excavations at Troy or Arthur Evanss discovery of Knossos, and so much information has since been gleaned from the wreck and its contents that there is an overwhelming tendency to... more

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Early Ships and Seafaring: Water Transport Beyond Europe by Seán McGrail

In this book, Professor McGrail?s study of European Water Transport (published in 2014) is extended to Egypt, Arabia, India, Southeast Asia, China, Australia, Oceania and the Americas. Each chapter presents a picture of ancient boat building and seafaring that is as accurate and as comprehensive... more

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The Four Days' Battle of 1666: The Greatest Sea Fight of the Age of Sail by Frank L. ...

On 1st June 1666, during the second Anglo-Dutch War, a large but outnumbered English Fleet engaged the Dutch off the mouth of the Thames in a colossal battle that was to involve nearly 200 ships and last four days. False intelligence had led the English to divide their fleet to meet a phantom... more

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Shackleton by Ranulph Fiennes

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Farthest North (Modern Library Exploration) by Fridjtof Nansen

The Incredible Expedition to the Frozen Latitudes of the North These are the diaries of Nansen's lunatic three-year long expedition to the North Pole, which made him the John Krakauer of his age. In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be... more

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The American Invasion of Canada: The War of 1812's First Year by Pierre Berton

Gripping account of a fascinatingly complex war that shaped the boundaries of America.How could a nation of eight million fail to subdue a struggling British colony of 300,000? In this remarkable account of the war?s first year, Pierre Burton transforms history into an engrossing narrative that... more

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X Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy (New Perspectives on Maritime History and...

This collection piques the imagination with historical evidence about the actual exploits of pirates as revealed in the archaeological record.�The recent discovery of the wreck of Blackbeard's Queen Anne?s Revenge, off Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, has provoked scientists to ask, What is a... more

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The Battle of Copenhagen 1801: Nelson's Historic Victory by Ole Feldbaek

According to legend, Lord Nelson disregarded a fatally flawed order to withdraw from a devastating cannon barrage off Copenhagen by monitoring battle signals through a telescope with his blind eye. Instead of retreating, he ordered his ship, HMS Elephant, to hoist the engage-more-closely signal... more

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The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and a...

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Drake: For God, Queen and Plunder (Brassey's Military Profiles) by Wade G. Dudley

Presents a volume in Brassey’s new "Military Profiles" series Depicts the dramatic life of one of England’s earliest naval heroes Chronicles the origins of British naval supremacy In 1588, King Philip II of Spain attempted to return England to the Catholic fold by force of naval... more

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Lifeboat by John R. Stilgoe

" Lifeboat is a fascinating and meticulously researched work to be enjoyed by seafarers and history buffs alike." -- Linda Greenlaw, author of The Lobster Chronicles and T he Hungry Ocean "Stilgoe has written a book that... more

" Lifeboat is a fascinating and meticulously researched work to be enjoyed by seafarers and history buffs alike." -- Linda Greenlaw, author of The Lobster Chronicles and T he Hungry Ocean "Stilgoe has written a book that examines situations of such fear, despair, physical danger, and mental torment as most healthy minds cannot imagine. In so doing he shows us our reflection in a cruel sea; the image seldom flatters." -- International Journal of Maritime History " Lifeboat is a majestic, prodigious, mighty book." -- John Casey, National Book Award--winning author of Spartina "The author takes his readers (whether couch-anchored or ready to strain at the oar) on a magnificent voyage of discovery.... Stilgoe presents a virtual encyclopedia of incidents and actors skillfully integrated into the hows, whys, and responsibilities of disaster, rescue, or loss. Stirring tales crowd the pages; writers from Conrad, R. L. Stevenson, Nordhoff and Hall, Tomlinson, and Villiers through to the moderns are appositely quoted, while Stilgoe's deft introduction of forgotten classics -- some feeding the morbid reader's taste for cannibalism (passengers are eaten first) -- is of lasting value. Previously neglected historical and geographical information abounds; arcana such as U-boat etiquette for ship-sinking and survivor-treatment are also presented." -- ForeWord "John Stilgoe has taken one of his passions and transformed it into a solid piece of scholarship that is bound to enlighten and engage readers.... Through his copious references and brief tellings of many stories, [he] has not only whetted our appetites but has also given us the information we need to satisfy those appetites." -- J. Revell Carr, WoodenBoat Review Woven through Lifeboat are good old-fashioned yarns, thrilling tales of adventure that will quicken the pulse of readers who have enjoyed the novels of Patrick O'Brian, Crabwalk by G?nter Grass, or works of nonfiction such as The Perfect Storm and In the Heart of the Sea. But Stilgoe, whose other works have plumbed suburban culture, locomotives, and the shore, is ultimately after bigger fish. Through the humble, much-ignored lifeboat, its design and navigation and the stories of its ultimate purpose, he has found a peculiar lens on roughly the past two centuries of human history, particularly the war-tossed, technology-driven history of man and the sea.John R. Stilgoe, Robert and Lois Orchard Professor in the History of Landscape at Harvard University, is the author of numerous books, including Outside Lies Magic, Alongshore, and Landscapes and Images (Virginia). He lives on the coast of Massachusetts, where he sails a ship's lifeboat from Newfoundland, built in 1935.

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Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver by Stephe...

From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific as the captain of his own expedition ? and as an agent of imperial ambition. To map a place is to control it, and Britain had its eyes on America's Pacific coast. And map it Vancouver did. His voyage was one of history?s greatest feats of... more

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Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver by Stephe...

From 1791 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific as captain of a major expedition of discovery and imperial ambition, valiantly charting the extensive coastline from California to Alaska. His voyage was one of history?s greatest feats of daring, discovery, cartography, and diplomacy. The... more

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James Dewolf and the Rhode Island Slave Trade by Cynthia Mestad Johnson

Over thirty thousand slaves were brought to the shores of colonial America on ships owned and captained by James DeWolf. When the United States took action to abolish slavery, this Bristol native manipulated the legal system and became actively involved in Rhode Island politics in order to... more

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Donald McKay and His Famous Sailing Ships by Richard C. McKay

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Stove by a Whale: Owen Chase and the Essex by Thomas Farel Heffernan

A thrilling documentation of the first sinking of a ship by a whale.

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Barons of the Sea: And their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship by Steven...

?A fascinating, fast-paced history?full of remarkable characters and incredible stories? about the nineteenth-century American dynasties who battled for dominance of the tea and opium trades (Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea). There was a time,... more

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Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602�1890 by Nathaniel Philbrick

From the National Book Award-winning author of "Mayflower" and "In the Heart of the Sea" comes this huge history of the tiny island of Nantucket, revealing the people and stories that made this island, at one time, the whaling capital of the world.

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The Voyage of the Armada : The Spanish Story by David Howarth

In May of 1588, on the order of Spain's King Philip, 30,000 soldiers and sailors armed with arquebus and musket set out to sea. A larger fleet had never before been assembled. In the Voyage of the Armada, David Howarth brilliantly conveys the drama of the Spanish Armada's progress and brings to... more

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The Historic Christmas Tree Ship by Rochelle Pennington

The legend of The Christmas Tree Ship is a true story of faith, hope and love, and is considered one of the most loved legends of the Great Lakes. Captain Herman Schuenemann became affectionately known as "Captain Santa" for his yearly voyages from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to Chicago with a... more

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Ironsides! The Ship, the Men and the Wars of the USS Constitution by Charles E. Brodi...

On October 21, 1797, the 44-gun frigate Constitution slid down the ramp at Hartt's shipyard and into the chilly waters of Boston Harbor. While the workmen were proud of their efforts, no one - but NO one - thought she would still be serving her country over 200 years... more

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Passage to the World: The Emigrant Experience 1818-1939 by Kevin Brown

From the early nineteenth century onwards, millions of people left their homes to cross the seas. Some, like the convicts transported from England to Australia, had no choice; others like the indentured Indian and Chinese laborers had almost no alternative; but the vast majority of emigrants... more

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Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship (Larg...

Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men—John Chatterton and John Mattera—are willing to risk everything to find the Golden Fleece, the ship of the infamous pirate Joseph Bannister. At large during the Golden Age of Piracy in the... more

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Pirate Ghosts and Phantom Ships: Haunts of New England's Shorelines by Thomas D'Agost...

Ghosts of pirates, centuries dead, still roam New England's coast and the towns they terrorized in life. Great ships rise from the bottom of the sea eternally searching for home shores. Read the stories of Captain Kid, Blackbeard, Anne Bonney, Black Bellamy, and other burley buccaneers who... more

Ghosts of pirates, centuries dead, still roam New England's coast and the towns they terrorized in life. Great ships rise from the bottom of the sea eternally searching for home shores. Read the stories of Captain Kid, Blackbeard, Anne Bonney, Black Bellamy, and other burley buccaneers who haunt the land and seas looking for lost treasures and fortunes plundered in lust! Learn about Goat Island, where wraiths of hanged pirates rise up, seeking vengeance for their untimely deaths. You can almost hear the oars of the phantom dory that patrols the Isles of Shoals in search of its next victim. Tales present ghostly ladies who mourn the passing of some of the most ruthless characters history can name. Here you can sail with pirates on thirty-eight eerie adventures you will never forget. Arlene Nicholson (Photographer) New Haven's Spectral Ship -- Pirate Lee's Eternal Ride -- Dungeon Rock -- Screeching Specter of Marblehead -- Nix's Mate -- Wicked Ghost of Phillip Babb -- Vengeful Phantom Dory -- Pirate's Wife -- Specter that Returned to Salem -- Ghost Pirates of Goat Island -- Teaser Light -- Many Haunts of Captain Kidd -- Legend of Don Pedro and Ocean Born Mary -- Ghostly Crew of the Charles Haskell -- Jewell Island -- Sea Bird -- Bird Island Light -- Sea Goin' Coffin -- Charles W. Morgan -- Minerva's Prophetic Foretelling -- Palatine Light -- Isadore -- Blackbeard's Ghost -- Dead Ship of Harpswell -- Harpswell's Brigand Band of Boos -- Clara Sylvia -- City of Columbus -- Black Bart and the Turnip Field -- Ghostly Woman's Warning of the Usk -- Sagunto, Conception, and Spanish Graves -- Alice Marr -- Bay of Fundy's Phantom Freebooter -- Squando -- Plymouth's Mystery Ship and Burial Hill -- Joshua Slocum's Ethereal Helmsman -- Great Eastern -- Sam Bellamy and "Goody" Hallett -- Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering -- Appendix A Types of Ships Mentioned -- Appendix B A Timeline of Notable Pirates Mentioned Arlene Nicholson (Photographer)

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The Queen's Slave Trader : John Hawkyns, Elizabeth I, and the Trafficking in Human So...

Throughout history, blame for the introduction of slavery to America has been squarely placed upon the male slave traders who ravaged African villages, the merchants who auctioned off humans as if they were cattle, and the male slave owners who ruthlessly beat both the spirits and the bodies of... more

Throughout history, blame for the introduction of slavery to America has been squarely placed upon the male slave traders who ravaged African villages, the merchants who auctioned off humans as if they were cattle, and the male slave owners who ruthlessly beat both the spirits and the bodies of their helpless victims. There is, however, above all these men, another person who has seemingly been able to avoid the blame that is due her. The origins of the English slave trade -- the result of which is often described as America's shame -- can actually be traced back to a woman, England's Queen Elizabeth I. In The Queen's Slave Trader, historian Nick Hazlewood examines one of the roots of slavery that until now has been overlooked. It was not just the money-hungry Dutch businessmen who traded lives for gold, forever changing the course of American and world history, but the Virgin Queen, praised for her love of music, art, and literature, who put hundreds of African men, women, and children onto American soil. During the 1560s, on direct orders from Her Majesty, John Hawkyns set sail from England. His destination: West Africa. His mission: to capture humans. At the time, Elizabeth was encouraging a Renaissance in her kingdom. Yet, being the intelligent monarch that she was, the queen knew her country's economy could not finance the dreams she had for it. An early entrepreneur, she saw an open market before her and sent one of her most trusted naval commanders, Hawkyns, to ensure a steady stream of wealth to sustain all the beauty that was her passion. Like his fellow Englishmen, Hawkyns believed the African people's dark skin stood for evil, filth, barbarity -- the complete opposite of the English notion of beauty, a lily white complexion and a virtuous soul, as exemplified by the queen. To him it was simple. If the white English were civilized and pure, the dark Africans must be savage. It was a moral license for Hawkyns to capture Africans. After landing on the African coast, he used a series of brutal raids, violent beatings, and sheer terror to load his ships. The reward for those who survived the attacks: seven weeks chained together in a space not meant for human beings, smallpox and measles, dehydration and malnourishment. Hawkyns realized the cruelty inflicted on these people, and he hoped they would survive. After all, a dead African was a dent in his profit margin. John Hawkyns was the first English slave trader, and his actions and attitudes toward his cargo set the precedent for how those following him, over the next two hundred years, would act. To fully understand the mind-set of the men who made their living trafficking human souls, one needs to look at the man who began it all -- and the woman behind him.

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Limeys: The Conquest of Scurvy by David I. Harvie

In 1740, Commodore George Anson left Portsmouth with seven ships and nearly 2,000 men. He returned four years later with under 600. Only four were killed by the enemy; the rest died not as the result of war, weather or misnavigation, but of scurvy. Limeys is the dramatic history of Dr. James... more

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The windjammers (The Seafarers) by Oliver E Allen

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Nautical Newburyport: A History of Captains, Clipper Ships and the Coast Guard (Ameri...

Newburyport was once the most dangerous harbor on the East Coast and one of its most prosperous. Local captains and sailors led the nation to battle during the American Revolution and founded the U.S. Coast Guard. They sent vessels to Bombay, the gold rush and the farthest reaches of the world.... more

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Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery by M...

? PW Starred Review: "This sobering critique presents a disturbing yet welcome analysis of how the Doctrine of Discovery has split American church and society along racial lines?" You cannot discover lands already inhabited. Injustice has plagued American society for centuries. And we cannot... more

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The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I's Dream by Charles Spen...

The sinking of the White Ship in 1120 is one of the greatest disasters England has ever suffered. In one catastrophic night, the king’s heir and the flower of Anglo-Norman society were drowned and the future of the crown was thrown violently off course. In a riveting narrative, Charles... more

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Mutinous Women: How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast by Joan...

The secret history of the rebellious Frenchwomen who were exiled to colonial Louisiana and found power in the Mississippi Valley In 1719, a ship named La Mutine (the mutinous woman), sailed from the French port of Le Havre, bound for the Mississippi. It was loaded with urgently needed goods... more

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Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill's Wild West by Isabelle S. Sayers

"You are a very, very clever little girl." — Queen Victoria to Annie Oakley Her life was the stuff of legend — from humble Quaker origins in Darke County, Ohio, Annie Oakley (nee Phoebe Ann Moses) rose to the heights of renown as a world-famous entertainer and featured... more

"You are a very, very clever little girl." — Queen Victoria to Annie Oakley Her life was the stuff of legend — from humble Quaker origins in Darke County, Ohio, Annie Oakley (nee Phoebe Ann Moses) rose to the heights of renown as a world-famous entertainer and featured performer with Buffalo Bill's Wild West extravaganza. Her self-discipline, showmanship, and legendary gifts as a sharpshooter earned her the adulation of millions; yet to close friends she was always a generous, gentle woman. She excelled in a man's sport but never lost her feminine appeal. This volume provides a wonderful behind-the-scenes look at the life and career of Annie Oakley — her impoverished girlhood, long and devoted marriage to Frank Butler, early years with the Sells Brothers Circus, and especially seventeen years spent touring with Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody), playing to packed arenas in America and Europe. More than 100 rare photographs, posters, handbills, and other memorabilia document Annie, Buffalo Bill, Johnnie Baker, and other members of the famous troupe; the show on tour in Europe; Annie's celebrated trick shots, famous visitors, etc. In a career that spanned more than 40 years (1882–1925), Annie Oakley accumulated a remarkable store of memorable experiences: command performances before the crowned heads of Europe; adoption by Sitting Bull (who named her "Little Sure Shot"); and an appearance before the first motion-picture camera, Edison's Kinetograph, in 1894. These and many other outstanding moments come to vivid life in Mrs. Sayer's fascinating and informative text. Through the years, the life and legend of Annie Oakley have been immortalized on stage, film and TV, and in books. Yet few presentations offer as revealing and intimate a look at a genuine American folk heroine as this book. In addition, nostalgia buffs, show-business historians, and Americana enthusiasts will find it an informative account of life with one of the greatest entertainment spectacles of nineteenth-century America: Buffalo Bill's Wild West. With 102 Illustrations

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Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution by Eric Jay Dolin

The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told many times, yet largely missing from maritime histories of America’s first war is the ragtag fleet of private vessels that truly revealed the new nation’s character -- above all, its ambition and... more

The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told many times, yet largely missing from maritime histories of America’s first war is the ragtag fleet of private vessels that truly revealed the new nation’s character -- above all, its ambition and entrepreneurial ethos. In Rebels at Sea, best-selling historian Eric Jay Dolin corrects that significant omission, and contends that privateers, as they were called, were in fact critical to the American victory. Privateers were privately owned vessels, mostly refitted merchant ships, that were granted permission by the new government to seize British merchantmen and men of war. As Dolin stirringly demonstrates, at a time when the young Continental Navy numbered no more than about sixty vessels all told, privateers rushed to fill the gaps. Nearly 2,000 set sail over the course of the war, with tens of thousands of Americans serving on them and capturing some 1,800 British ships. Privateers came in all shapes and sizes, from twenty-five foot long whaleboats to full-rigged ships more than 100 feet long. Bristling with cannons, swivel guns, muskets, and pikes, they tormented their foes on the broad Atlantic and in bays and harbors on both sides of the ocean. The men who owned the ships, as well as their captains and crew, would divide the profits of a successful cruise -- and suffer all the more if their ship was captured or sunk, with privateersmen facing hellish conditions on British prison hulks, where they were treated not as enemy combatants but as pirates. Some Americans viewed them similarly, as cynical opportunists whose only aim was loot. Yet Dolin shows that privateersmen were as patriotic as their fellow Americans, and moreover that they greatly contributed to the war’s success: diverting critical British resources to protecting their shipping, playing a key role in bringing France into the war on the side of the United States, providing much-needed supplies at home, and bolstering the new nation’s confidence that it might actually defeat the most powerful military force in the world. Creating an entirely new pantheon of Revolutionary heroes, Dolin reclaims such forgotten privateersmen as Captain Jonathan Haraden and Offin Boardman, putting their exploits, and sacrifices, at the very center of the conflict. Abounding in tales of daring maneuvers and deadly encounters, Rebels at Sea presents this nation’s first war as we have rarely seen it before.

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The Barque of Saviors: Eagle's Passage from the Nazi Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard by ...

In 1936 in Hamburg, a splendid three-masted sailing ship was christened Horst Wessel in the presence of Adolf Hitler and thousands of cheering Nazis. It became a training vessel for naval officers during World War II. After Germany"s defeat, the U.S. Coast Guard found its young crew terrified... more

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Inside the US Navy of 1812?1815 (Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812) by William S...

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Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820-1920 by Joan Druett

First US Edition -- The first comprehensive book on whaling wives at sea written for a general audience.

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Abigail by Joan Druett

Born at sea and raised in early nineteenth-century New Zealand, strong-willed Abigail Sherman is the daughter of the American owner of a shore-whaling station. Trouble with the English authorities prompts Captain Sherman to set Abigail on board a ship bound for Massachusetts, at the start of a... more

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The Age of Trade: The Manila Galleons and the Dawn of the Global Economy (Exploring W...

This groundbreaking book presents the first full history of the Manila galleons, which marked the true beginning of a global economy. Arturo Giraldez, the world?s leading scholar of the galleons, traces the rise of the maritime route, which began with the founding of the city of Manila in 1571... more

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Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

An uncompromising study of the fictions, the failures, and the real man behind the myth of Magellan. With Straits, celebrated historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto subjects the surviving sources to the most meticulous scrutiny ever, providing a timely and engrossing biography of the real... more

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Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin

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The Wager Disaster: Mayhem, Mutiny and Murder in the South Seas by Rear Admiral C. H....

In 1741, the British warship HMS Wager crashed on the shore of an uninhabited island off the coast of Chilean Patagonia. One hundred and forty men reached land. Only thirty-six made it back home. The "Wager" Disaster is the extraordinary story of human endurance and the perseverance of those... more

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To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth: The Epic Hunt for the South's Most Feared Ship?an...

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Mermaids: The Myths, Legends, and Lore by Skye Alexander

The allure and mystery of mermaids has taken hold of our psyche for ages. From the Irish merrows who come on land to search for human husbands to the fake Fiji Mermaid made popular by P.T Barnum, these sea maidens (and sometimes men) can be found in folklore and mythology from every tradition in... more

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John Paul Jones-A Sailor's Biography by Samuel Eliot Morison

America's greatest naval historian, Samuel Eliot Morison, writes about America's greatest naval hero in this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography. The Scottish-born John Paul Jones struck several severe blows to English morale during the American Revolution, as he fearlessly ravaged the king's ships... more

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Hornblower's Ships: Their History and Their Models by Martin Saville

TV's dramatization of C.S. Forester's Hornblower stories was one of the most expensive series ever made for television. Much of the $30 million budget went into the lavish special effects used to recreate the epic sea battles featuring a fleet of eleven specially commissioned, fully working,... more

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The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the N...

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Beyond the Edge of the Sea : Sailing with Jason and the Argonauts, Ulysses, the Vikin...

The story of Jason and the Argonauts and Homer’s tales of Ulysses are among the greatest ancient epics, but are they merely nautical legends or true stories?Mauricio Obregón has combed through classical texts, focusing on the smallest details, and with his intimate knowledge of... more

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Memoirs of a Lightkeeper's Son: Life on St. Paul Island by Billy Budge & William ...

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Champlain's Dream by David Hackett Fischer

In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed Pulitzer Prize–winner David Hackett Fischer magnificently brings to life the visionary adventurer who has straddled our history for 400 years. Champlain’s Dream reveals, with rare immediacy and drama, the story of a remarkable man: a... more

In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed Pulitzer Prize–winner David Hackett Fischer magnificently brings to life the visionary adventurer who has straddled our history for 400 years. Champlain’s Dream reveals, with rare immediacy and drama, the story of a remarkable man: a leader who dreamed of humanity and peace in a world riven by violence; a man of his own time who nevertheless strove to build a settlement in Canada that would be founded on harmony and respect. With consummate narrative skill and comprehensive scholarship, Fischer unfolds a life shrouded in mystery, a complex, elusive man among many colorful characters. Born on France’s Atlantic coast, Samuel de Champlain grew up in a country bitterly divided by religious wars. But, like Henry IV, one of France’s greatest kings whose illegitimate son he may have been and who supported his travels from the Spanish Empire in Mexico to the St. Lawrence and the unknown territories, Champlain was religiously tolerant in an age of murderous sectarianism. Soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, and artist, he maneuvered his way through court intrigues in Paris, supported by Henri IV and, later, Louis XIII, though bitterly opposed by the Queen Regent Marie de Medici and the wily Cardinal Richelieu. But his astonishing dedication and stamina triumphed…. Champlain was an excellent navigator. He went to sea as a boy, acquiring the skills that allowed him to make 27 Atlantic crossings between France and Canada, enduring raging storms without losing a ship, and finally bringing with him into the wilderness his young wife, whom he had married in middle age. In the place he called Quebec, on the beautiful north shore of the St. Lawrence, he founded the first European settlement in Canada, where he dreamed that Europeans and First Nations would cooperate for mutual benefit. There he played a role in starting the growth of three populations — Québécois, Acadian, and Métis — from which millions descend. Through three decades, on foot and by ship and canoe, Champlain traveled through what are now six Canadian provinces and five American states, negotiating with more than a dozen Indian nations, encouraging intermarriage among the French colonists and the natives, and insisting, as a Catholic, on tolerance for Protestants. A brilliant politician as well as a soldier, he tried constantly to maintain a balance of power among the Indian nations and his Indian allies, but, when he had to, he took up arms with them and against them, proving himself a formidable strategist and warrior in ferocious wars.Drawing on Champlain’s own diaries and accounts, as well as his exquisite drawings and maps, Fischer shows him to have been a keen observer of a vanished world: an artist and cartographer who drew and wrote vividly, publishing four invaluable books on the life he saw around him. This superb biography (the first full-scale biography in decades) by a great historian is as dramatic and richly exciting as the life it portrays. Deeply researched, it is illustrated throughout with 110 contemporary images and 37 maps, including several drawn by Champlain himself.From the Hardcover edition.

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PIRATE KILLERS: The Royal Navy and the African Pirates by Graham A. Thomas

One hundred and fifty years ago the Royal Navy fought a daring campaign against ruthless pirates and won, killing 'The King of the Pirates', Bartholomew Roberts off the coast of aArica and capturing his fleet. Scores of his men were executed by the Admiralty Court. On the Barbary Coast of North... more

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The Pirate King: The Incredible Story of the Real Captain Morgan by Graham A. Thomas

A compelling new account of history's most famous pirate. The Pirate King is the compelling true story of a Welshman who became one of the most ruthless and brutal buccaneers of the golden age of piracy. The inspiration for dozens of fictionalized pirates in film, television, and literature�as... more

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Widows of the Ice: The Women that Scott?s Antarctic Expedition Left Behind by Anne Fl...

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The Jamestown Brides: The Story of England's "Maids for Virginia" by Jennifer Potter

Jamestown, England's first real foothold in the New World, was fraught with danger -- from starvation and disease to violent skirmishes between colonists and the native populations. Mortality rates were impossibly high: Six out of seven settlers died within the first few years. How clear these... more

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FRIGATE COMMANDER by Tom Wareham

Frigate Commander is based on the private journal of Lieutenant - and then Captain - Graham Moore, a naval officer serving during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Moore's journal gives a unique and detailed account of what life was like for a serving naval officer. In particular it reveals... more

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Tobacco Coast : A Maritime History of Chesapeake Bay in the Colonial Era (Maryland Pa...

It is not surprising to anyone who knows the Bay country that the Chesapeake captured the imagination of Europeans in the 17th and 18th centuries," writes Arthur Pierce Middleton in this classic maritime history of the earliest years of Maryland and Virginia. "It was called the 'Noblest Bay in... more

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The Argonautika (Hellenistic Culture and Society) by Apollonios Rhodios

The Argonautika, the only surviving epic of the Hellenistic era, is a retelling of the tale of Jason and the Golden Fleece, probably the oldest extant Greek myth. Peter Green's lively, readable verse translation captures the swift narrative movement of Apollonios's epic Greek. This expanded... more

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Pirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on...

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Pirates, Buccaneers, the Republic & the Caribbean: Legends and Treasures of the Golde...

In the 17th and 18th centuries, sailing from Europe or Africa to the Americas, or trading from India to Central America, was a risky undertaking. Ferocious storms and barely-understood diseases weren't the only threats; ruthless pirates lurked on the horizon, craving wealth and reputation.... more

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Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas by...

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Broadsides: The Age of Fighting Sail, 1775-1815 by Nathan Miller & Nathan Miller

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR BROADSIDES "Pace the pitching black deck with a sleepless Admiral Nelson the night before battle bestows eternal rest and peerless immortality upon him; envision with Mahan the storm-tossed and ever-watchful ships-of-the-line that kept England secure from invasion; wonder... more

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In Nelson's Wake: The Navy and the Napoleonic Wars by James Davey

Horatio Nelson?s celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 presented Britain with an unprecedented command of the seas. Yet the Royal Navy?s role in the struggle against Napoleonic France was far from over. This groundbreaking book asserts that, contrary to the... more

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Raising the Dead: The Skeleton Crew of King Henry VIII's Great Ship the Mary Rose by ...

In Raising The Dead, A.J.Stirland uses archaeological and skeletal evidence to give the reader a welcome insight into the lives of the mariners and soldiers of the Mary Rose, King Henry VIII's favourite warship before she sank in 1545. This book examines the building, sinking and raising of the... more

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King Henry VIII's Mary Rose by Alexander McKee

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The Men of the Mary Rose: Raising the Dead by Ann Stirland

The Mary Rose was one of King Henry VIII's favourite warships before she sank during an engagement with the French fleet on 19th July 1545. Her rediscovery and raising were seminal events in the history of nautical archaeology. Apart from the Captain and the Vice Admiral, nothing is known about... more

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King Henry VIII's "Mary Rose" by Alexander McKee

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The Anthony Roll of Henry VIII's Navy (Publications for the Navy Records Society) by ...

This edition reassembles the three parts of the Anthony Roll - a pictorial survey of Henry VIII's navy, compiled in 1546 by Anthony Anthony, a clerk in the ordnance office. It features paintings of each of the King's 58 ships, below which are set details of their guns, shot and related... more

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Great Harry's Navy: How Henry VIII Gave England Seapower by Geoffrey Moorhouse

It was Henry VIII who began the process of making England a first-rate sea-power. He inherited no more than seven warships from his father King Henry VII, yet at his own death the King's Navy had 53 seaworthy ships afloat (much the same size as the Royal Navy today) manned by almost 8,000... more

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The Loss of the Wager: The Narratives of John Bulkeley and the Hon. John Byron (First...

The Loss of the Wager is an eighteenth century melodrama set in a ferociously inhospitable climate on one of the world's most remote and dangerous coastlines. When Commodore Anson set out for the Pacific in 1740, to attack the Spanish ships on the Chilean coast, he took eight ships with him.... more

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Of Men and Ships: The Best Sea Tales by Scott Rye

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Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk by Buddy Levy

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Sufferings in Africa: The Astonishing Account of a New England Sea Captain Enslaved b...

Listed by Abraham Lincoln, alongside the Bible and Pilgrim’s Progress, as one of the books that most influenced his life, few true tales of adventure and survival are as astonishing as this one. Shipwrecked off the western coast of North Africa in August of 1815, James Riley and his crew... more

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The Black Joke: The True Story of One Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade by A.E. R...

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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left... more

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The Shipwreck Cannibals: Captain John Dean and the Boon Island Flesh Eating Scandal b...

A long forgotten tale gets a new life as this book reveals the true story of the 18th-century shipwreck cannibalism scandal During the fierce winter of 1710, 14 Englishmen had taken refuge on Boon Island, a sparse 100-yard long stretch of rock, without food or... more

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The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire...

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Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber

The final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everything. Pirates have long lived in the realm of romance and fantasy, symbolizing risk, lawlessness, and radical visions of freedom. But at the root of this mythology is a rich history of pirate... more

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The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound

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Virginia Beach Shipwrecks by Alpheus Chewning

The waters of coastal Virginia swirl with tales both tragic and heroic. Join Virginia Beach native Alpheus Chewning as he recounts harrowing stories of storms at sea, loss of life and fortune and the heroism of the United States Life-Saving Service. Marvel at the blunders and bungles that... more

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Sins of the Fathers: The Atlantic Slave Trade, 1441-1807 by James Pope-Hennessy

Based on the journals and letters of slave traders, merchant seamen, and sometimes the slaves themselves, this is a passionate yet harrowing account of life in the African trading ports, aboard the slave ships, at the New World markets, and on the West Indian plantations. With a wealth of... more

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The Barbary Corsairs: Pirates, Plunder, and Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1480-1580 b...

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The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern ...

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The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd by Daphne Palmer Geanacopo...

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Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433 (Library of World...

This new biography, part of Longman's World Biography series, of the Chinese explorer Zheng He sheds new light on one of the most important 'what if' questions of early modern history: why a technically advanced China did not follow the same path of development as the major European... more

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Off the Deep End: A History of Madness at Sea by Nic Compton

In the eighteenth century, the Royal Navy's own physician found that sailors were seven times more likely to suffer from severe mental illness than the general population.On the high seas, beyond the rule of law, away from any sight of land for weeks at a time -- often living in overcrowded... more

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Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England?s Deliverance in 1588 by Colin Martin &...

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Sufferings in Africa: The Astonishing Account of a New England Sea Captain Enslaved b...

In this classic tale of adventure, a young American sea captain named James Riley, shipwrecked off the western coast of North Africa in 1915, was captured by a band of nomadic Arabs, and sold into slavery.

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Freebooters and Smugglers: The Foreign Slave Trade in the United States after 1808 by...

In 1891 a young W. E. B. DuBois addressed the annual American Historical Association on the enforcement of slave trade laws: "Northern greed joined to Southern credulity was a combination calculated to circumvent any law, human or divine." One law in particular he was referring to was... more

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Treasury of Folklore: Seas and Rivers: Sirens, Selkies and Ghost Ships by Dee Dee Cha...

Enthralling tales of the sea, rivers and lakes from around the globe. Folklore of the seas and rivers has a resonance in cultures all over the world. Watery hopes, fears and dreams are shared by all peoples where rivers flow and waves crash. This fascinating book covers English sailor... more

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Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain...

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Melville in Love: The Secret Life of Herman Melville and the Muse of Moby-Dick by Mic...

A new account of Herman Melville and the writing of Moby-Dick, written by a Pulitzer� Prize finalist in Biography and based on fresh archival research, which reveals that the anarchic spirit animating Melville?s canonical work was inspired by his great love affair with a shockingly... more

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Samuel Pepys and the Strange Wrecking of the Gloucester: The Shipwreck that Shocked R...

A true story of royal intrigue—with famed diarist Samuel Pepys as the main protagonist—as a fatal shipwreck on the shores of Restoration Britain sparks a mystery that now may finally be solved. In 1682, Charles II invited his scandalous younger brother, James, Duke of York,... more

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Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days by John D. Whidden

John D. Whidden started out at sea in 1834, at the age of twelve, and did not retire until 1870. This is his account of over a quarter-century spent on the high seas. Orphaned at five, nothing held Whidden back from embarking on sea life seven years later. Serving as an apprentice, he... more

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The Curse of Oak Island: The Story of the World?s Longest Treasure Hunt by Randall Su...

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The Oak Island Mystery: World's Greatest Treasure Hunt by Lionel and Patricia Fanthor...

In 1795 three boys discovered the top of an ancient shaft on uninhabited Oak Island in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. The boys began to dig, and what they uncovered started the world's greatest and strangest treasure hunt �?� but nobody knows what the treasure is. Two hundred years of courage,... more

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Female Tars: Women Aboard Ship in the Age of Sail by Suzanne J. Stark

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The Billy Ruffian : The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon by David Cordingly

From the author of Under the Black Flag, the biography of a British warship and a portrait of a world at war during the Napoleonic era.The story of the seventy-four gun warship Bellerophon will be familiar to anyone who's read Patrick O'Brian or C.S. Forester. The Billy Ruffian runs from its... more

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Admirals. Andrew Lambert by Andrew D. Lambert

From the man described by Amanda Foreman as 'one of the most eminent naval historians of our age' comes the story of how this country's maritime power helped Britain gain unparalleled dominance of the world's economy. Told through the lives of ten of our most remarkable admirals, Andrew... more

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Cape Cod's Oldest Shipwreck: The Desperate Crossing of the Sparrow-Hawk by Mar...

In 1626-27, the Sparrow-Hawk began her final journey across the brutal winter waves of the Atlantic Ocean, departing from the southern coast of England with America as her goal. As cases of scurvy and whispers of mutiny rose, the hopes of those aboard the small vessel began to fade. The... more

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Feeding Nelson's Navy: The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era by Janet Mac...

The prevailing image of food at sea in the age of sail features rotting meat and weevily biscuits, but this highly original book proves beyond doubt that this was never the norm. Building on much recent research Janet Macdonald shows how the sailor's official diet was better than he was likely... more

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Patrick O'Brian: Critical Essays and a Bibliography by Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O'Brian is the well-known author of the Aubrey/Maturin novels, set during the Napoleonic Wars. They are acknowledged by critics and readers alike as classic works of fiction and attract an increasingly wide audience. Patrick O'Brian was also a translator of note and the author of several... more

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The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World by Greg Gra...

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Ships Visual Encyclopedia by David Ross

A highly illustrated guide to civilian and military ships from the ancient world to the present day, including sailing ships, steamships, destroyers, ironclads, submarines, passenger liners, aircraft carriers, lake steamers and river vessels, cargo ships, minelayers and minesweepers, torpedo... more

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A Short History of Seafaring by Brian Lavery

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Amazing Grace: The Life of John Newton and the Surprising Story Behind His Song by Br...

Amazing Grace is the surprising true story of John Newton, author of the song that has touched millions. A biography that reads like a novel, it reveals Newton’s dramatic story of sin and salvation as a slave trader before his ultimate transformation to speaking out against the horror of... more

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Pirates: Culture and Style from the 15th Century to the Present by Matteo Guarnaccia

Whether reviled as criminals or upheld as symbols of ultimate freedom, it can't be denied that the figure of the pirate has had an unmistakable impact on everything from modern fashion and literature to art and classic cinema. Pirates is a map to the scenic world of the buccaneer, looking back... more

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The Secret Treasure of Oak Island : The Amazing True Story of a Centuries-Old Treasur...

It started on a summer afternoon in 1795 when a young man named Daniel McGinnis found what appeared to be an old site on an island off the Acadian coast, a coastline fabled for the skullduggery of pirates. The notorious Captain Kidd was rumored to have left part of his treasure somewhere along... more

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ROYAL NAVY VERSUS THE SLAVE TRADERS: Enforcing Abolition at Sea 1808-1898 by Bernard ...

On March 16, 1807, the British Parliament passed The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. In the following year the Royal Navy's African Squadron was formed, its mission to stop and search ships at sea suspected of carrying slaves from Africa to the Americas and the Middle East.

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The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica by Laurie Gwen Shap...

The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York?s Lower East Side who stowed away on the most remarkable feat of science and daring of the Jazz Age, The Stowaway is ?a thrilling adventure that captures not only the making of a man but of a nation? (David Grann, bestselling author... more

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If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy -From the Revolution to the War of 1812 b...

The American Revolution-and thus the history of the United States-began not on land but on the sea. Paul Revere began his famous midnight ride not by jumping on a horse, but by scrambling into a skiff with two other brave patriots to cross Boston Harbor to Charlestown. Revere and his companions... more

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Jonathan Dickinson's Journal by Jonathan Dickinson & Evangeline Walker Andrews

Jonathan Dickinson's Journal, or God's Protecting Providence. Being the Narrative of a Journey from Port Royal in Jamaica to Philadelphia August 23, 1696 to April 1, 1697. A true story of shipwreck and torture on the Florida Coast. In the fall of 1696 the barkentine Reformation was... more

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Landsman Hay (Seafarers Voices) by Robert Hay

In 1803, at the age of fourteen, Robert Hay joined the Royal Navy and spent the next eight years at sea. His colorful memoir describes a sailor s hard life during the period and includes actions off the French coast and in the East Indies, where he was badly wounded. When his ship ran aground... more

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Stories from the Wreckage: A Great Lakes Maritime History Inspired by Shipwrecks by M...

Every shipwreck has a story that extends far beyond its tragic end. The dramatic tales of disaster, heroism, and folly become even more compelling when viewed as junction points in history?connecting to stories about the frontier, the environment, immigration, politics, technology, and industry.... more

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Rum, Sodomy and the Lash: Piracy, Sexuality, and Masculine Identity by Hans Turley

"Everything you ever wanted to know, and more, about pirates." -Lambda Book Report "This book is a treasure chest of lore and history with barnacles that can scrape." -Fore Word "Turley shows the ways in which sodomy and piracy are inextricable from the cultural imagination of the eighteenth... more

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Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition by Barry R. Burg

Pirates are among the most heavily romanticized and fabled characters in history. From Bluebeard to Captain Hook, they have been the subject of countless movies, books, children's tales, even a world-famous amusement park ride. In Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition, historian B. R. Burg... more

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Boys at Sea: Sodomy, Indecency, and Courts Martial in Nelson's Navy by B.R. Burg

Boys at Sea is a study of homoerotic life in the Royal Navy during the age of sail. It deals not only with sex among ordinary crewmen, but reveals that the most consistent feature of prosecutions for sodomy and indecency involved officers forcing their attentions on ships' boys. The book... more

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The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean: The Ancient World Economy and the Kingdoms of ...

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Vikings in America by Graeme Davis

In this groundbreaking new work, the true extent of the Viking discovery and colonization of the eastern seaboard of America is fully examined, taking into account the new archaeological, linguistic and DNA evidence which supplements the historic account.

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Trafalgar's Lost Hero : Admiral Lord Collingwood and the Defeat of Napoleon by Max Ad...

"See how that noble fellow Collingwood takes his ship into action. How I envy him!" —Horatio Nelson At the same instant that Admiral Nelson uttered these words of admiration for his close friend and hero who led the first British ships into action at Trafalgar, Cuthbert Collingwood... more

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Hold Fast: Tom Crean: With Shackleton in the Antarctic 1914 - 1916 by David Hirzel

There are more famous names than Tom Crean's from the "heroic age" of Antarctic exploration, but there are few stories as compelling as his. The Antarctic is a harsh place of bitter cold and darkness, where only the strong and resourceful can hope to survive. Crean was such a man.... more

There are more famous names than Tom Crean's from the "heroic age" of Antarctic exploration, but there are few stories as compelling as his. The Antarctic is a harsh place of bitter cold and darkness, where only the strong and resourceful can hope to survive. Crean was such a man. Had he weakened and failed somewhere along the way of his adventurous life, the lives of all might well have been lost, and their stories remained untold. He left no diary or book; his few letters speak modestly of his exploits, if at all. Hold Fast tells the story of a common man in uncommon circumstances, who met every challenge as it came with steadfast purpose. If he knew fear, he never showed it. He left England with Shackleton's "Endurance" expedition in August 1914, expecting to be the first to cross the Antarctic continent and come home to lasting fame. Things didn't work out according to plan. From the moment his ship "Endurance" was caught in the ice and crushed, throughout the long sojourn of the shipwrecked sailors on the floating ice floe, he took every setback with casual aplomb, as though he did this sort of thing every day. When twenty-eight men were forced to take to sea in three small boats, he took the helm of one of them. To save those men, Crean was one of six who crossed the stormy southern ocean in an open boat, to land on an inhospitable shore. The journey was not over yet. Three men must cross the glaciers guarding the forbidding interior of South Georgia to get help. Tom Crean was one of them. We share his trials as they happen--the thrill of discovery, the danger of the sea-ice, the terror of extreme isolation. Tom Crean was not most renowned of the explorers during those early years of Antarctic discovery. For that, the palms go to Shackleton, Amundsen, and Scott, with the names of other leaders not far behind. Other men, better educated and connected, would publish the stories of hardship and adventure that astonished the world. Crean's name is occasionally mentioned in these works, as it should be; his was a distinguished career of service, not as a leader, but as a seaman. His story is not one of trial and privation leading to a tragic end, because without one man's endurance and unflinching resolve in the face of hopeless adversity, there would be no survivors. The familiar names belong to those who claimed to lead, but those who lead are nothing without those who come a few steps behind, hauling the gear, pitching the camp, walking the long walk, steadfast, enduring. Without them, there would be no leaders. There would be no survivors, and no story to be told.

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Alone in an Untamed Land: The Filles du Roi Diary of Helene St. Onge (Dear Canada) by...

Young Hélène St. Onge and her older sister Catherine are orphans. When King Louis XVI orders all men in New France to marry, Catherine becomes a fille du roi, one of the many young women sent to the new world as brides. Hélène will accompany her on the long sea voyage... more

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The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World by Lincoln Paine

A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world?s... more

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The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound

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Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate by Jared...

A little-known story of mutiny and murder illustrating the centrality of smuggling and slavery in early American society On the night of June 1, 1743, terror struck the schooner Rising Sun. After completing a routine smuggling voyage where the crew sold enslaved Africans in exchange for... more

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The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates...

In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Blackbeard, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates—former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves—this "Flying... more

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Wolf of the Deep: Raphael Semmes and the Notorious Confederate Raider CSS Alabama by ...

The absorbing story of Raphael Semmes and the CSS Alabama, the Confederate raider that destroyed Union ocean shipping and took more prizes than any other raider in naval history.In July 1862, the Confederate captain Raphael Semmes received orders to report to Liverpool, where he would take... more

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All Hands on Deck: A Modern-Day High Seas Adventure to the Far Side of the World by W...

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REAL JIM HAWKINS, THE: Ships' Boys in the Georgian Navy by Roland Pietsch

Generations of readers have enjoyed the adventures of Jim Hawkins, the young protagonist and narrator in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, but little is known of the real Jim Hawkins and the thousands of poor boys who went to sea in the eighteenth century to man the ships of the Royal... more

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Fifty Years on the Owl Hoot Trail by Jim Herron & Harry E. Chrisman (Editor)

Jim Herron led a fantastic life as a cowboy, sheriff, fugitive from the law. hotel and saloon owner, and international cattleman. In 1890 Herron was elected the first sheriff of Oklahoma Territory, but he soon found himself on the other end of the handcuffs: charged with cattle theft. To... more

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Boon Island: A True Story of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Cannibalism by Stephen Erickson &...

A harrowing true tale of fraud, mutiny, shipwreck, and cannibalism on the desolate rock known as Boon Island.

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The White Darkness by David Grann

By the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the Antarctic, lavishly illustrated with color photographs Henry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer who believed in... more

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The Voyage Of Fran�ois Pyrard Of Laval To The East Indies, The Maldives, The Moluccas...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or... more

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Herbert Ponting: Scott?s Antarctic Photographer and Pioneer Filmmaker by Anne Strathi...

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Mutiny of the Bounty and of Pitcairn Island 1790 - 1894 by Rosalind Amelia Young

History of the true mutiny of the HMS Bounty in 1789, the settlement at Pitcairn Island and the lives of various settlers. Includes the wreck of the Cornwallis, the wreck of the Oregon and the visit of the missionary ship Pitcairn with photos and accounts of residents, island industries, etc. ... more

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The Quest Chronicle: The untold story of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition of 1921-192...

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The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans by David Abulafia

From the beginning of history to the present, a sweep of the world's oceans and seas and how they have shaped the course of civilization. From the author of the acclaimed The Great Sea, ("Magnificent . . . radiates scholarship and a sense of wonder and fun," Simon Sebag Montefiore; Book of the... more

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Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mut...

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The Sinking of RMS Tayleur: The Lost Story of the Victorian Titanic by Gill Hoffs

'The moment they fell into the water the waves caught them and dashed them violently against the rocks, and the survivors on shore could perceive the unfortunate creatures...struggling amidst the waves, and one by one sinking under them.' (Hereford Times, 28 January 1854) The wrecking of the... more

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Violence at Sea: Piracy in the Age of Global Terrorism by Peter Lehr

Violence at Sea is an overview of maritime piracy, examining threats that piracy poses to global security and commerce, as well as measures and policies to mitigate the threat. The essays analyze piracy activities in key shipping lanes (including the African coast, the Arabian Sea, the Bay of... more

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Pirates: A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders (Chinese Edition) by Peter Leh...

A global account of pirates and their modus operandi from the middle ages to the present day... In the 21st century, piracy has regained a central place in Western culture, thanks to a surprising combination of Johnny Depp and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise as well as the dramatic rise... more

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Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Ins...

No one present at the Battle of Cape Lopez off the coast of West Africa in 1722 could have known that they were on the edge of history. This obscure yet fierce naval battle would have a monumental impact on British colonies and the future of slavery in America. Pirates of the Slave Trade... more

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The Travels of Ibn Battuta: In the Near East, Asia and Africa by Ibn Battuta

He journeyed farther than his near contemporary Marco Polo, though Muslim scholar Ibn Battuta (1304-c. 1377) is barely remembered at all compared to that legendary traveler. But Battuta's story is just as fascinating, as this 1829 translation of his diaries, by British Orientalist REV. SAMUEL... more

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Against Wind and Tide: The African American Struggle Against the Colonization Movemen...

Against Wind and Tide�tells the story of African American?s battle against the American Colonization Society (ACS), founded in 1816 with the intention to return free blacks to its colony Liberia. Although ACS members considered free black colonization in Africa a benevolent enterprise, most... more

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Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition by Buddy Levy

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A Sailor Of Fortune: Personal Memoirs Of Captain B. S. Osbon by Albert Bigelow Paine

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred... more

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Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and its Tributarie...

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Crusoe, Castaways and Shipwrecks in the Perilous Age of Sail by Mike Rendell

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In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the Bri...

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At the Point of a Cutlass: The Pirate Capture, Bold Escape, and Lonely Exile of Phili...

A handful of sea stories define the American maritime narrative. Stories of whaling, fishing, exploration, naval adventure, and piracy have always captured our imaginations, and the most colorful of these are the tales of piracy. Called America?s real-life Robinson Crusoe, the true story of... more

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Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read by Rebecca Alexandra Simon

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Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy by Rhoda Blumberg

In the 1800s, the Japanese government had strict isolation laws. By decree, foreigners and ideas from outside Japan were forbidden. So when fourteen-year-old Manjiro and four other fishermen were shipwrecked on a small rocky island three hundred miles from shore, they wondered if they would ever... more

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True Tales of Pirates and Their Gold by Edward Rowe Snow

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Captain Cook's World: Maps of the Life and Voyages of James Cook R. N. by John Robson

James Cook, sailor, surveyor, cartographer, and explorer, was born in 1728 in Yorkshire. In the course of his illustrious career, he sailed into every ocean and was one of the first, if not the first, British explorers to set foot on most of the world's major continents. He was also the first to... more

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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of C...

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Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem by Carol Delaney

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AFTER HE SET SAIL, the dominant understanding of Christopher Columbus holds him responsible for almost everything that went wrong in the New World. Here, finally, is a book that will radically change our interpretation of the man and his mission. Scholar Carol Delaney claims... more

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AFTER HE SET SAIL, the dominant understanding of Christopher Columbus holds him responsible for almost everything that went wrong in the New World. Here, finally, is a book that will radically change our interpretation of the man and his mission. Scholar Carol Delaney claims that the true motivation for Columbus?s voyages is very different from what is commonly accepted. She argues that he was inspired to find a western route to the Orient not only to obtain vast sums of gold for the Spanish Crown but primarily to help fund a new crusade to take Jerusalem from the Muslims?a goal that sustained him until the day he died. Rather than an avaricious glory hunter, Delaney reveals Columbus as a man of deep passion, patience, and religious conviction. Delaney sets the stage by describing the tumultuous events that had beset Europe in the years leading up to Columbus?s birth?the failure of multiple crusades to keep Jerusalem in Christian hands; the devastation of the Black Plague; and the schisms in the Church. Then, just two years after his birth, the sacking of Constantinople by the Ottomans barred Christians from the trade route to the East and the pilgrimage route to Jerusalem. Columbus?s belief that he was destined to play a decisive role in the retaking of Jerusalem was the force that drove him to petition the Spanish monarchy to fund his journey, even in the face of ridicule about his idea of sailing west to reach the East. Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem is based on extensive archival research, trips to Spain and Italy to visit important sites in Columbus?s life story, and a close reading of writings from his day. It recounts the drama of the four voyages, bringing the trials of ocean navigation vividly to life and showing Columbus for the master navigator that he was. Delaney offers not an apologist?s take, but a clear-eyed, thought-provoking, and timely reappraisal of the man and his legacy. She depicts him as a thoughtful interpreter of the native cultures that he and his men encountered, and unfolds the tragic story of how his initial attempts to establish good relations with the natives turned badly sour, culminating in his being brought back to Spain as a prisoner in chains. Putting Columbus back into the context of his times, rather than viewing him through the prism of present-day perspectives on colonial conquests, Delaney shows him to have been neither a greedy imperialist nor a quixotic adventurer, as he has lately been depicted, but a man driven by an abiding religious passion.

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Caribbean: Sea of the New World by German Arciniegas

First published in 1946, one year after the Spanish original Biograf�a del Caribe, Germ�n Arciniegas? Caribbean: Sea of the New World has been described as ?a breathtaking and magisterial work, encompassing four centuries of history of the Caribbean basin in its broad sweep.? For Arciniegas, the... more

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Truxtun of the Constellation : The Life of Commodore Thomas Truxtun, U.S. Navy, 1755-...

Thomas Truxtun was one of the first six captains President Washington appointed to the United States Navy in 1794. Although Truxtun therefore ranks with men like John Paul Jones in the development of the navy, this biography by Eugene Ferguson supplies the only full account of his eventful life... more

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Caliban's Shore: The Wreck of the Grosvenor and the Strange Fate of Her Survivors by ...

What became of the castaways was stranger than fiction...and more than decent Englishmen could bear. In the summer of 1783 the grandees of the East India Company were horrified to learn that one of their finest ships, the 741-ton Grosvenor, had been lost on the wild and unexplored coast of... more

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The Manila-Acapulco Galleons : The Treasure Ships Of The Pacific: With An Annotated L...

During the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, the transpacific treasure galleons sailed annually from Manila to Acapulco. In Manila, the vessel was loaded with the scented spices of the East, luxurious silks from China, exquisite hand crafted lacquerware from Japan and a multitude of... more

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From the Lower Deck: The Royal Navy, 1780 - 1840 by Henry Baynham

What life was like for ordinary seamen in the British navy during the heyday of "fighting sail".

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Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Medi...

The true story that's "bloody good entertainment" (New York Times) about the colorful and legendary pirates of the 17th century. If not for today's news stories about piracy on the high seas, it'd be easy to think of pirating as a romantic way of life long gone. But nothing is further from the... more

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Scott's Last Expedition: The Journals by Robert Falcon Scott & Beryl Bainbridge

In November 1910, the vessel Terra Nova left New Zealand carrying an international team of explorers led by Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman determined to be the first man to reach the South Pole. Scott kept a detailed journal of his adventures until March 29, 1912, when he and the few... more

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The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery by James Walvin

On November 29, 1781, Captain Collingwood of the British ship Zong commanded his crew to throw overboard one-third of his cargo: a shipment of Africans bound for slavery in America. The captain believed his ship was off course, and he feared there was not enough drinking water to last until... more

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The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire...

From the bestselling author of Return of a King, the story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results of the corporation running a country.In August 1765, the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and set up, in his place, a... more

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In the Lena Delta: A Narrative of the Search for Lieut-Commander De Long and his Comp...

George W. Melville (1841-1912) was a member of an 1879 American Arctic expedition seeking a northern passage from the Bering Strait to the Atlantic. Its ship was trapped in ice for nearly two years, and was eventually crushed and sank. The crew, stranded in three small boats, were left with few... more

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The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker

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The Native Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent (Early America...

In The Native Ground, Kathleen DuVal argues that it was Indians rather than European would-be colonizers who were more often able to determine the form and content of the relations between the two groups. Along the banks of the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers, far from Paris, Madrid, and London,... more

In The Native Ground, Kathleen DuVal argues that it was Indians rather than European would-be colonizers who were more often able to determine the form and content of the relations between the two groups. Along the banks of the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers, far from Paris, Madrid, and London, European colonialism met neither accommodation nor resistance but incorporation. Rather than being colonized, Indians drew European empires into local patterns of land and resource allocation, sustenance, goods exchange, gender relations, diplomacy, and warfare. Placing Indians at the center of the story, DuVal shows both their diversity and our contemporary tendency to exaggerate the influence of Europeans in places far from their centers of power. Europeans were often more dependent on Indians than Indians were on them.Now the states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado, this native ground was originally populated by indigenous peoples, became part of the French and Spanish empires, and in 1803 was bought by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. Drawing on archaeology and oral history, as well as documents in English, French, and Spanish, DuVal chronicles the successive migrations of Indians and Europeans to the area from precolonial times through the 1820s. These myriad native groups--Mississippians, Quapaws, Osages, Chickasaws, Caddos, and Cherokees--and the waves of Europeans all competed with one another for control of the region.Only in the nineteenth century did outsiders initiate a future in which one people would claim exclusive ownership of the mid-continent. After the War of 1812, these settlers came in numbers large enough to overwhelm the region's inhabitants and reject the early patterns of cross-cultural interdependence. As citizens of the United States, they persuaded the federal government to muster its resources on behalf of their dreams of landholding and citizenship.With keen insight and broad vision, Kathleen DuVal retells the story of Indian and European contact in a more complex and, ultimately, more satisfactory way.

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The Globe Encompassed: The Age of European Discovery (1500 to 1700) (Connections Seri...

Part of the Connections: Key Themes in World History series, The Globe Encompassed combines�the most recent secondary work in the field with the author's own personal archival work to present a updated synthesis of the topic.� � The Globe Encompassed lays out in clear narrative form a series... more

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The Wreck of the Belle, the Ruin of La Salle (Number 48: Centennial Series of the Ass...

Robert Cavelier de La Salle (1643-1687): daring explorer, empire builder, shaper of history—and shameless schemer who abused his followers and deceived his king. In The Wreck of the Belle, the Ruin of La Salle, acclaimed historian Robert S. Weddle reveals how La Salle and his closest... more

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The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell's Bid for Empire by Carla Gardina Pe...

In 1654, England?s Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell conceived a plan of breathtaking ambition: the conquest of Spain?s vast American empire. As the first phase of his Western Design, a large expedition sailed to the West Indies, under secret orders to take Spanish colonies. The English Conquest of... more

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The 50-Gun Ship: A Complete History (Shipshape) (Shipshape) by Rif Winfield

By the end of the sailing era the 50-gun ship had come to be regarded as a hybrid--too small to stand in the line of battle, but lacking the speed and handiness of the frigate--so was often dismissed as a naval architectural dinosaur left over from an earlier age. This prejudiced view has gone... more

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BRITISH WARSHIPS IN THE AGE OF SAIL 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fate...

At the zenith of its power in 1809 the Royal Navy comprised one half of all the warships in the world, the first (and last) time any navy achieved this dominance. Given its importance, it is not surprising that much attention has been lavished on this subject, but among the numerous books on the... more

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The Pirate King: The Strange Adventures of Henry Avery and the Birth of the Golden Ag...

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Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Ja...

The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812 -- a tale of treachery, shipwreck, isolation, and the desperate struggle for survival. The best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters tells the story of a wild encounter between an American sealing... more

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Voyage of Mercy by Stephen Puleo

The remarkable story of the mission that inspired a nation to donate massive relief to Ireland during the potato famine and began America's tradition of providing humanitarian aid around the world More than 5,000 ships left Ireland during the great potato famine in the late 1840s,... more

The remarkable story of the mission that inspired a nation to donate massive relief to Ireland during the potato famine and began America's tradition of providing humanitarian aid around the world More than 5,000 ships left Ireland during the great potato famine in the late 1840s, transporting the starving and the destitute away from their stricken homeland. The first vessel to sail in the other direction, to help the millions unable to escape, was the USS Jamestown, a converted warship, which left Boston in March 1847 loaded with precious food for Ireland. In an unprecedented move by Congress, the warship had been placed in civilian hands, stripped of its guns, and committed to the peaceful delivery of food, clothing, and supplies in a mission that would launch America’s first full-blown humanitarian relief effort. Captain Robert Bennet Forbes and the crew of the USS Jamestown embarked on a voyage that began a massive eighteen-month demonstration of soaring goodwill against the backdrop of unfathomable despairâone nation’s struggle to survive, and another’s effort to provide a lifeline. The Jamestown mission captured hearts and minds on both sides of the Atlantic, of the wealthy and the hardscrabble poor, of poets and politicians. Forbes’ undertaking inspired a nationwide outpouring of relief that was unprecedented in size and scope, the first instance of an entire nation extending a hand to a foreign neighbor for purely humanitarian reasons. It showed the world that national generosity and brotherhood were not signs of weakness, but displays of quiet strength and moral certitude. In Voyage of Mercy, Stephen Puleo tells the incredible story of the famine, the Jamestown voyage, and the commitment of thousands of ordinary Americans to offer relief to Ireland, a groundswell that provided the collaborative blueprint for future relief efforts, and established the United States as the leader in international aid. The USS Jamestown’s heroic voyage showed how the ramifications of a single decision can be measured not in days, but in decades.

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Tragedy & Triumph: The Journals of Captain R.F. Scott's Last Polar Expedition by Robe...

Captain Scott's race to the South Pole against the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen is one of the great adventures of modern timers. Scott's affecting journals tell the entire story: from the preparations in New Zealand to the his last message written with failing strength in the camp where he... more

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Tudor Adventurers: The Voyage of Discovery that Transformed England by James Evans

A bold Tudor voyage of exploration and adventure?and an extraordinary story of daring, discovery, tragedy, and pioneering achievement. In the spring of 1553, three ships sailed north-east from London into uncharted waters. The scale of their ambition was breathtaking. Drawing on the latest... more

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The Diligent: A Voyage Through the Worlds of the Slave Trade by Robert W. Harms

Based on an officer's diary, a vivid and unprecedented account of the voyage of one slave trading ship-The Diligent-and the worlds through which it sailed. The slave trade is one of the best known yet least understood processes in our history. The popular image of traders in slave ships going... more

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Jack Tar: Life in Nelson's Navy by Roy Adkins

The Royal Navy to which Admiral Lord Nelson sacrificed his life depended on thousands of sailors and marines to man the great wind-powered wooden warships. Drawn from all over Britain and beyond, often unwillingly, these ordinary men made the navy invincible through skill, courage and sheer... more

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A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins

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Mr. Penrose: The Journal of Penrose, Seaman by William Williams

Long neglected as the first American novel, Mr. Penrose narrates the adventures of a British youth who flees an unhappy home life to seek his fortune on the high seas. Having learned the sailor?s trade, Penrose survives a series of nautical mishaps, only to be cast adrift on the Mosquito Coast.... more

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An Age Of Voyages, 1350-1600 (The Medieval and Early Modern World.) by Merry E. Wiesn...

Cultural life flowered from the mid-fifteenth century in the Italian city-states, many of which profited from the new trading opportunities that growing world networks permitted. Contact among regions of the world expanded, bringing new ideas and prompting an appreciation of arts and letters-not... more

Cultural life flowered from the mid-fifteenth century in the Italian city-states, many of which profited from the new trading opportunities that growing world networks permitted. Contact among regions of the world expanded, bringing new ideas and prompting an appreciation of arts and letters-not only of the present but of the past. In Italy this cultural flowering was known at first as the renaissance of arts and letters, soon shortened to just "Renaissance" to accommodate cultural ingredients that came from beyond Europe. Italian and northern European cultural expansion benefited from similar retrieval of ancient knowledge in the Islamic world and East Asia. Like the Italians, the Chinese had grown even wealthier from the extensive links to global commerce provided by the Mongol Empire, but once thrown off, their cultural life flourished under the Ming. Cultural knowledge and the arts spread across Asia and into Europe. As part of state-building, the Ming nourished commerce but also rejected the cosmopolitan Buddhist legacy that arrived from central and south Asia. To strengthen dynastic Chinese rule, the Ming challenged Buddhism with a revival of age-old concern for the Confucian values that had languished under the Mongols. Foremost among these new Confucians was Wu Yube, so expert in his teachings that he attracted a wide coterie of disciples. In India, Nanak, an educated employee of an Afghan prince, sparked the founding of Sikhism. A similar search for reviving fundamental religious values occurred in Europe, where Martin Luther challenged the practices of the Catholic church, ushering in Protestantism. Religious reform and resistance to it were closely connected to the state-building efforts of enterprising monarchs such as Henry VIII of England. India likewise experienced a fervent movement to revive pure, ancient religious practices. Fourteenth and fifteenth century global trade and long-distance ventures such as those made by the Ming and then by the Portuguese further inspired and advanced these worldwide cultural and political developments. A brisk Indian Ocean trade flourished. Economic change ensued with the arrival of New World silver on the global market. The advance of printing not only furthered the cause of religious reform and state-building globally; it also helped globalize knowledge and intellectual experimentation. People of great power and those of more limited means came to live their lives differently because of this expanding web of shared knowledge and trade. Cities flourished, the enslavement of native Americans came to replace their use as human sacrifices, and diseases migrated at a more rapid pace and greater devastation than perhaps ever before.

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The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and a...

Fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed, the Clotilda became the last ship in history to bring enslaved Africans to the United States. The ship was scuttled and burned on arrival to hide the wealthy perpetrators to escape prosecution. Despite numerous efforts to find the sunken... more

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Hell on Ice: the Saga of the "Jeannette" by Edward Ellsberg

Ellsberg, Edward, Hell On Ice: The Saga Of The "Jeannette"

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The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 by John Muir

In the spring of 1881, the steamship Thomas Corwin began a daring voyage of 15,000 nautical miles into treacherous Arctic seas to search for captain G. W. De Long and his ship Jeannette, which had left San Francisco two years earlier to drift across the North Pole while trapped in ice. There had... more

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To the Shores of Tripoli: The Birth of the U.S. Navy and Marines (Bluejacket Books) b...

An often-overlooked yet significant and prophetic event in U.S. history, the Barbary War was America's first battle against an Arab despot and President Thomas Jefferson's first major challenge to U. S. foreign policy. As described by A.B.C. Whipple, it is a great yarn as well as first-rate... more

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CLIPPER SHIPS (SEAFARERS) by A.B.C. WHIPPLE

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Vintage Nantucket by A. B. C. Whipple

"On a September evening, under a waning moon, my wife and I went for a walk through the heart of Nantucket.The town was still. Our footsteps echoed down the long cavern of India Street... Even more than in the light of day, we could sense all around us Nantucket's ages of history. It is... more

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Vintage Nantucket by A. B.C. Whipple

On a September evening, under a waning moon, my wife and I went for a walk through the heart of Nantucket.The town was still. Our footsteps echoed down the long cavern of India Street... Even more than in the light of day, we could sense all around us Nantucket's ages of history. It is in the... more

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Yankee Whalers in the South Seas by A. B. C. Whipple

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Famous Pirates of the New World (World Landmark Books, No. 35) by A. B. C. Whipple

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Tupaia: Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator by Joan Druett

Tupaia was the brilliant Polynesian navigator and translator who sailed with Captain James Cook from Tahiti, piloted the Endeavour across the South Pacific, and interceded on behalf of the European voyagers with the warrior Maori of New Zealand. As a man of high social ranking, Tupaia was also... more

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The Man Who Discovered Antarctica: Edward Bransfield Explained - The First Man to Fin...

Captain Cook claimed the honor of being the first man to sail into the Antarctic Ocean in 1773, which he then circumnavigated the following year. Cook, though, did not see any land, and he declared that there was no such thing as the Southern Continent. Fifty years later, an Irishman who had... more

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Warships of the Anglo-Dutch Wars 1652-74 (New Vanguard) by Angus Konstam

During the 17th century England and Holland found themselves at war three times, in a clash for economic and naval supremacy, fought out in the cold waters of the North Sea and the English Channel. The First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-54) pitted the Dutch against Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth Navy,... more

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CROMWELL'S WARS AT SEA (Pen & Sword Military) by John Barratt

The 200 years that separate the navy of Drake's day from that of Nelson were critical for the development of Britain's sea power, and the decade of the Commonwealth, of Cromwell's rule, is one of the turning points in the story.In the aftermath of a disastrous civil war and the execution of... more

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Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas,...

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French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates...

The origins of a permanent French sailing navy can be traced to the work of Cardinal Richelieu in the 1620s, but a virtually new Marine Royale had to be re-created by Colbert from 1661. Thereafter, Louis XIV?s navy grew rapidly to become the largest and most powerful in the world, at the same... more

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The Northwomen: Untold Stories From the Other Half of the Viking World by Heather Pri...

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Corsairs and Captives: Narratives from the Age of the Barbary Pirates by Adam Nichols

From the mid-sixteenth to the early nineteenth centuries, Barbary corsairs from North Africa swarmed the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, seizing enormous amounts of booty and tens of thousands of captives, hauling them back to the slave markets in their home ports and auctioning them off to the... more

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Manual of Seamanship for the Officer of the Deck, Ship under Sail Alone: 1903 Edition...

More than three-quarters of a centiury have passed since the first edition of this manual was published in 1903. Although by that time the U.S. Navy had received its first steel warship (1885) and had commissioned its first submarine (1900) and its first destroyer (1902), sailing ships... more

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Toward the Setting Sun: Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, and the Race for America by David ...

The untold story of the rivalries and alliances between Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and John Cabot during the Age of Exploration.When Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453, the long-established trade routes to the East became treacherous and expensive, forcing merchants... more

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The Four Caravels Of Christopher Columbus by Rita M. Stark

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Captain "Hell Roaring" Mike Healy: From American Slave to Arctic Hero (New Perspectiv...

One of the Coast Guard’s great heroes and the secret he kept hidden "This is a book of adventure that tells how one man shaped the Alaskan frontier at a crucial time in American history."--Vincent William Patton, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, retired "Diligent... more

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Death of an Empire: The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America's Richest City by R...

Most readers know Salem only for the city's notorious witch trials. But years later it became a very different city, one that produced America's first millionaire (still one of history's 75 wealthiest men) and boasted a maritime trade that made it the country's richest city.... more

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The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815 by N. A. M. Rodger

A landmark work on the golden age of sail that illuminates the world of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower. The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of... more

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The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660-1649 by N. A. M. Rodger

Throughout the chronicle of Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of kings, the security of trade, and the integrity of the realm. Without its navy, Britain would have been a weakling among the nations of Europe, could never have built or maintained the empire,... more

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The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American ...

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Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure by Graham Harris & Les MacPhie & Les MacPhie

With this factual account, Harris and MacPhie take the Oak Island mystery into the realm of serious archaeology and history.

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Holy War: How Vasco da Gama's Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash o...

A sweeping historical epic and a radical new interpretation of Vasco da Gama?s groundbreaking voyages, seen as a turning point in the struggle between Christianity and Islam In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea... more

A sweeping historical epic and a radical new interpretation of Vasco da Gama?s groundbreaking voyages, seen as a turning point in the struggle between Christianity and Islam In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies and, with it, access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage known to history. The little ships were pushed beyond their limits, and their crews were racked by storms and devastated by disease. However, their greatest enemy was neither nature nor even the sheer dread of venturing into unknown worlds that existed on maps populated by coiled, toothy sea monsters. With bloodred Crusader crosses emblazoned on their sails, the explorers arrived in the heart of the Muslim East at a time when the old hostilities between Christianity and Islam had risen to a new level of intensity. In two voyages that spanned six years, Vasco da Gama would fight a running sea battle that would ultimately change the fate of three continents. An epic tale of spies, intrigue, and treachery; of bravado, brinkmanship, and confused and often comical collisions between cultures encountering one another for the first time; Holy War also offers a surprising new interpretation of the broad sweep of history. Identifying Vasco da Gama?s arrival in the East as a turning point in the centuries-old struggle between Islam and Christianity?one that continues to shape our world?Holy War reveals the unexpected truth that both Vasco da Gama and his archrival, Christopher Columbus, set sail with the clear purpose of launching a Crusade whose objective was to reach the Indies; seize control of its markets in spices, silks, and precious gems from Muslim traders; and claim for Portugal or Spain, respectively, all the territories they discovered. Vasco da Gama triumphed in his mission and drew a dividing line between the Muslim and Christian eras of history?what we in the West call the medieval and the modern ages. Now that the world is once again tipping back East, Holy War offers a key to understanding age-old religious and cultural rivalries resurgent today.

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Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire by Roger Crowley

In Empires of the Sea and City of Fortune, New York Times bestselling author Roger Crowley established himself as our generation?s preeminent historian of the great European seafaring empires, and the go-to author for post-Crusade clashes of East and West. Now, in Conquerors, Crowley gives us... more

In Empires of the Sea and City of Fortune, New York Times bestselling author Roger Crowley established himself as our generation?s preeminent historian of the great European seafaring empires, and the go-to author for post-Crusade clashes of East and West. Now, in Conquerors, Crowley gives us the epic story of the emergence of Portugal, a small, poor nation that enjoyed a century of maritime supremacy thanks to the daring and navigational skill of its explorers?a tactical advantage no other country could match. Portugal?s discovery of a sea route to India, campaign of imperial conquest over Muslim rulers, and domination of the spice trade would forever disrupt the Mediterranean and build the first global economy. � Crowley relies on letters and eyewitness testimony to tell the story of tiny Portugal?s rapid and breathtaking rise to power. Conquerors reveals the Imp�rio Portugu�s in all of its splendor and ferocity, bringing to life the personalities of the enterprising and fanatical house of Aviz. Figures such as King Manuel ?the Fortunate,? Jo�o II ?the Perfect Prince,? marauding governor Afonso de Albuquerque, and explorer Vasco da Gama juggled their private ambitions and the public aims of the empire, often suffering astonishing losses in pursuit of a global fortune. Central, too, to the story of Portugal?s ascent was its drive to eradicate Islamic culture and establish a Christian empire in the Indian Ocean. Portuguese explorers pushed deep into the African continent in search of the mythical Christian king Prester John, and they ruthlessly besieged Indian port cities in their attempts to monopolize trade. � The discovery of a route to India around the horn of Africa was not only a brilliant breakthrough in navigation but heralded a complete upset of the world order. For the next century, no European empire was more ambitious, no rulers more rapacious than kings of Portugal. In the process they created the first long-range maritime empire and set in motion the forces of globalization that now shape our world. At Crowley?s hand, the complete story of the Portuguese empire and the human cost of its ambition can finally be told. � Praise for Roger Crowley?s Empires of the Sea � ?Crowley has an astonishing gift for narration; his account is as exciting as any thriller.??The Wall Street Journal � ?Crowley?s page-turner history . . . deserves to be this [season?s] most recommended nonfiction book. . . . Rich in character, action, surprise, what transpired in those few desperate weeks is one of history?s best and most thrilling stories.??The Dallas Morning News � ?[Crowley] offers exquisitely delicate insights and undulating descriptive passages. Yet in his descriptions of the battles, his prose is so taut and tense, it is impossible not to be caught up in the harrowing action.??The Christian Science Monitor � City of Fortune � ?[Crowley] writes with a racy briskness that lifts sea battles and sieges off the page.??The New York Times � ?The rise and fall of Venice?s empire is an irresistible story, and Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler.?? Financial Times � ?A pleasure to read . . . a gripping story.??Washington Independent Review of Books

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In the Lena Delta. A narrative of the search for Lieut.-Commander De Long and his com...

Title: In the Lena Delta. A narrative of the search for Lieut.-Commander De Long and his companions; followed by an account of the Greely Relief Expedition and a proposed method of reaching the North Pole ... Edited by Melville Philips. With maps, etc. Publisher: British Library, Historical... more

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Mistress of the Seas by John Carlova

Exciting and often hilarious, Mistress of the Seas is the authentic story of Ann Bonny, a voluptuous pirate queen and one of history's truly interesting women. Behind the book is a literary detective story which began in the dim recesses of the British Museum. There, while doing research on... more

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The Idea of North (Topographics) by Peter Davidson

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Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White by Andrew Sillen

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Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder by Matthew...

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Stealing Indian Women: Native Slavery in the Illinois Country by Carl J. Ekberg

Based almost entirely on original source documents from the United States, France, and Spain, Carl J. Ekberg’s Stealing Indian Women provides an innovative overview of Indian slavery in the Mississippi Valley. His detailed study of a fascinating and convoluted criminal case involving... more

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The Sailing Frigate: A History in Ship Models by Robert Gardiner

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world. Many of the models are official, contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the Royal Navy or the shipbuilders themselves, ranging from the mid-seventeenth century to the present day.... more

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The Wanderer: The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy That Set Its Sails by E...

On Nov. 28, 1858, a ship called the Wanderer slipped silently into a coastal channel and unloaded its cargo of over 400 African slaves onto Jekyll Island, Georgia, thirty eight years after the African slave trade had been made illegal. It was the last ship ever to bring a cargo of African slaves... more

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Anne Bonny the Infamous Female Pirate by Phillip Thomas Tucker

The story of the most famous female pirate in history�provides a remarkable personal odyssey�from a time when women were almost powerless and at the lowest level of the social order on both sides of the Atlantic. This new biographical work fills considerable gaps in Anne Bonny?s life beyond her... more

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Broke of the Shannon and the War of 1812 by Unknown Author

Captain Broke's victory in 1813 over Captain Lawrence of USS Chesapeake, which was to have far reaching influence on the future of North America, did much to restore the morale of the Royal Navy, shattered by three successive defeats in single-ship duels with US frigates, and stunned the... more

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The White Headhunter: The Story of a 19-Century Sailor Who Survived a South Seas Hear...

In 1868, Jack Renton, a teenage Scots sailor, was shanghaied in San Francisco. In 1876, he was rescued from captivity on the Pacific island of Malaita, home to a fearsome tribe of headhunters. After the rescue, in a sensational best-selling memoir, Renton recounted his eight-year adventure: how... more

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The Bonanza King: John Mackay and the Battle over the Greatest Riches in the American...

The rags-to-riches frontier tale of an Irish immigrant who outwits, outworks, and outmaneuvers thousands of rivals to take control of Nevada’s Comstock Lode. Born in 1831, John W. Mackay was a penniless Irish immigrant who came of age in New York City, went to California during the Gold... more

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Wooden Warship Construction: A History in Ship Models by Brian Lavery

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Lives and Legends of the Christmas Tree Ships by Frederick H. Neuschel

Lives and Legends of the Christmas Tree Ships brings the maritime heritage of the Great Lakes to life, using the tragic story of the schooner Rouse Simmons as a porthole into the robust but often forgotten communities that thrived along Lake Michigan from the Civil War to World War I.... more

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Fifty Days on Board a Slave-Vessel: In the Mozambique Channel April and May, 1843 by ...

Rev. Pascoe G. Hill has left us a chilling testament. Fifty Days on Board a Slave - Vessel is his unforgettable account of life on a slave ship. Hill's narrative locks fifty days into an existence of forever that haunts, not from the fear of the unknown, but the fear of the known. At a... more

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Frontiers Of The Sea The Story Of Oceanographic Exploration by Robert C. Cowen

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The Pirates? Code: Laws and Life Aboard Ship by Rebecca Simon

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This Earthly Globe: A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World by Andrea Di...

The story of an Italian Renaissance book editor who introduced European minds to the wider world through his passion for geography. In the autumn of 1550, a thick volume containing a wealth of geographical information new to Europeans, with startling wood-cut maps of Africa, India and Indonesia,... more

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Storms And Shipwrecks of New England (Snow Centennial Editions) by Edward Rowe Snow

This Snow classic includes the pirate ship Whidah, the wreck of the City of Columbus, the Portland Gale, and the 1938 hurricane. D’Entremont updates the wrecks and details recent storms.

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Tales of the Seven Seas: The Escapades of Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien by Dennis M...

Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien sailed the seven seas for over sixty years, starting in the late 1860s in India and ending in 1930 on the U.S. West Coast. He sailed every type of ship imaginable, but this book is more than the story of Captain O'Brien's incredible feats. Tales... more

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Journals of Forty-Niners: Salt Lake to Los Angeles by LeRoy R. Hafen (Editor) & A...

Western history is all the richer thanks to LeRoy and Ann Hafen, who have assembled a fascinating array of diaries and memoirs of forty-niners who set out from Salt Lake City toward California's gold fields over the Old Spanish Trail. For many would-be gold miners, this dry, dangerous route... more

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Darwin's Armada: Four Voyagers to the Southern Oceans and Their Battle for the Theory...

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The Jew Who Would Be King: A True Story of Shipwreck, Survival, and Scandal in Victor...

The Jew Who Would Be King tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs—a nineteenth-century British Jew who helped establish the Zulu kingdom only to become a ruthless warlord and slaveholder. Isaacs’ thrilling journey begins with his shipwreck on the shores of Zululand and proceeds to ports... more

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Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History b...

In March 1836, the Mexican army led by General Santa Anna massacred more than two hundred Texians who had been trapped in the Alamo. After thirteen days of fighting, American legends Jim Bowie and Davey Crockett died there, along with other Americans who had moved to Texas looking for a fresh... more

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The Slave Trade by Hugh Thomas

After many years of research, award-winning historian Hugh Thomas portrays, in a balanced account, the complete history of the slave trade. Beginning with the first Portuguese slaving expeditions, he describes and analyzes the rise of one of the largest and most elaborate maritime and commercial... more

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A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson & the Convicts of the Princess Royal by Babette Smi...

Through imaginative use of detailed research, Babette Smith presents a personalised view of this group of women. She traces their stories, presenting us with a patchwork image of individual lives that are both rich and varied, and often poignantly tragic. We encounter their despair at being... more

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Cargo of Women: The History by Babette Smith

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Incidents of a Whaling Voyage, to Which are Added Observations on the Scenery, Manner...

A reprint of the original 1841 edition by D. Appleton & Co. The first significant book about the whaling industry. Experiences, journal entries, and sketches by Olmsted during a whaling voyage that took him across the Atlantic to the Azores, to the South American coast, the Sandwich Islands,... more

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Sufferings in Africa: The Incredible True Story of a Shipwreck, Enslavement, and Surv...

Listed by Abraham Lincoln, alongside the Bible and Pilgrim’s Progress, as one of the books that most influenced his life, few true tales of adventure and survival are as astonishing as this one. Shipwrecked off the western coast of North Africa in August of 1815, James Riley and his crew... more

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Captain James Cook by Alan Villiers

Captain Cook was history's greatest explorer. Alan Villiers helps us come to grips with the scope of Cook's accomplishments. As a deep-water sailor himself, Villiers puts into perspective not only the technical problems and accomplishments, but those of body and spirit as... more

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Three Sheets to the Wind: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions by Cynthia Bar...

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The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story o...

"Old maps lead you to strange and unexpected places, and none does so more ineluctably than the subject of this book: the giant, beguiling Waldseem�ller world map of 1507." So begins this remarkable story of the map that gave America its name.For millennia Europeans believed that the world... more

"Old maps lead you to strange and unexpected places, and none does so more ineluctably than the subject of this book: the giant, beguiling Waldseem�ller world map of 1507." So begins this remarkable story of the map that gave America its name.For millennia Europeans believed that the world consisted of three parts: Europe, Africa, and Asia. They drew the three continents in countless shapes and sizes on their maps, but occasionally they hinted at the existence of a "fourth part of the world," a mysterious, inaccessible place, separated from the rest by a vast expanse of ocean. It was a land of myth -- until 1507, that is, when Martin Waldseem�ller and Matthias Ringmann, two obscure scholars working in the mountains of eastern France, made it real. Columbus had died the year before convinced that he had sailed to Asia, but Waldseem�ller and Ringmann, after reading about the Atlantic discoveries of Columbus's contemporary Amerigo Vespucci, came to a startling conclusion: Vespucci had reached the fourth part of the world. To celebrate his achievement, Waldseem�ller and Ringmann printed a huge map, for the first time showing the New World surrounded by water and distinct from Asia, and in Vespucci's honor they gave this New World a name: America.The Fourth Part of the World is the story behind that map, a thrilling saga of geographical and intellectual exploration, full of outsize thinkers and voyages. Taking a kaleidoscopic approach, Toby Lester traces the origins of our modern worldview. His narrative sweeps across continents and centuries, zeroing in on different portions of the map to reveal strands of ancient legend, Biblical prophecy, classical learning, medieval exploration, imperial ambitions, and more. In Lester's telling the map comes alive: Marco Polo and the early Christian missionaries trek across Central Asia and China; Europe's early humanists travel to monastic libraries to recover ancient texts; Portuguese merchants round up the first West African slaves; Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci make their epic voyages of discovery; and finally, vitally, Nicholas Copernicus makes an appearance, deducing from the new geography shown on the Waldseem�ller map that the earth could not lie at the center of the cosmos. The map literally altered humanity's worldview.One thousand copies of the map were printed, yet only one remains. Discovered accidentally in 1901 in the library of a German castle it was bought in 2003 for the unprecedented sum of $10 million by the Library of Congress, where it is now on permanent public display. Lavishly illustrated with rare maps and diagrams, The Fourth Part of the World is the story of that map: the dazzling story of the geographical and intellectual journeys that have helped us decipher our world.

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