Maritime History

The true story of Charles Darwin's voyage aboard the Beagle and the most ironic and melancholy fate of its Captain Robert FitzRoy The early nineteenth century was a heroic age...

'Eminently readable' - The TLS Books of the Year, 2024 Ocean is an ambitious history of the pre-Columbian Atlantic Ocean, a story that begins with the formation of the mid-Atlantic...

A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times / Sunday Times, Observer , Economist, Guardian , BBC History Magazine, i-paper, Novara Media and History Today ' Quinn has done a...

The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans. Two million visitors annually now walk the paved streets...

A portrait of the Athenian politician and general Themistocles, tracing his political development, his victory at the Battle of Salamis, and his exile in Persia Themistocles (524-459 BC) came of...

The first full biography of America's most accomplished naval commander in the Age of Sail, Johnston Blakeley.

Only one elite Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer survived the cruel ocean battlefields of World War II. This is her story. Brett Walker, historian and captain, delves into questions of mechanics,...

The gripping first-hand narrative of the whaling ship disaster that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick and informed Nathaniel Philbrick's monumental history, In the Heart of the Sea In 1820, the Nantucket whaleship...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. This anthology brings together some of Joseph Conrad's most celebrated maritime fiction,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The Rover is a sweeping maritime novel by Joseph Conrad, set against...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A cornerstone of maritime fiction, 'Twixt Land and Sea presents three of...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Dust jacket present, slight wear and fading on edges. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. A vivid maritime memoir, There Was a...

Edition: Taiwanese EditionCondition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: Worn/faded, with visible chipping and wear at the top of the dust jacket. Pages: Yellowed; FEP missing. Markings: Date stamps on prelims. Binding:...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact, hardcover open to title page. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A masterwork of travel...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A thrilling instalment in C. S. Forester's celebrated Hornblower saga, Flying Colours...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The Happy Return is a gripping naval adventure novel set during the...

Covering the classic era of sailing ship warfare from the early-18th century to the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, this text reveals how ships were built, sailed and fought in the...

"Lost at Sea" features the incredible stories of eight ships and their passengers, some of which vanished with hardly a trace - or no trace at all. Veteran history and...

The 'Grosvenor' was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, a grand three-masted square-rigger of 741 tons bristling with 26 cannon. When she ran aground on the treacherous...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure. No stickers or labels visible. A landmark anthology of Elizabethan exploration, Hakluyt's...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and edge wear; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. A gripping work of nautical historical fiction,...

Edition: 3rd edCondition remarks: Condition: Very Good. The book is presented in a red slipcase which shows minor wear. The hardcover boards are in excellent condition with no visible damage....

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA gripping work of World War II naval history,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA work of Australian regional and maritime history, Mornington: In The Wake Of Flinders chronicles the rich heritage of the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis landmark omnibus brings together four of Joseph Conrad's most celebrated works of maritime and psychological fiction — Lord Jim, The Nigger...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA landmark work of adventure memoir, Sailing Alone Around the World chronicles the extraordinary true voyage of Joshua Slocum, the...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping work of historical fiction, Southern Cross chronicles the turbulent journey of Irish and English convicts transported to Australia...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA compelling work of historical biography, Great Lives: Francis Drake chronicles the extraordinary life of one of England's most celebrated...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of narrative history, Richard Hough's Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian: The Men and the Mutiny chronicles one...

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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA specialist work of maritime history, Gigs and Cutters of the Isles of Scilly chronicles the rich seafaring heritage of one of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Spine slightly faded. Internally sound. A foundational reference in maritime navigation, American Practical Navigator: Bowditch, Volume I has...

Developed to meet the need for a coastal minesweeper, the TON Class saw action at Suez, Cyprus, the Persian Gulf and in Northern Ireland. Published with the cooperation of the...

This volume in 'Conway's Compass Series' integrates an original narrative with quotations from documents and eyewitnesses, and reproductions of contemporary illustrations or photographs to provide an authoritative account of the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of narrative history, The Queen's Corsair: Drake's Journey of Circumnavigation 1577-1580 chronicles the audacious three-year voyage of...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsIn this thought-provoking and historically vital zoological study, acclaimed biologist and broadcaster Jeremy Cherfas delivers Zoo 2000: A Look Beyond...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work in adventure literature, Sailing Alone Around the World and Voyage of the Liberdade presents two extraordinary firsthand accounts by...