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Cree Journals: Voyages of Edward H.Cree, Surgeon R.N, as Related in His Private Journals, 1837-56

Cree Journals: Voyages of Edward H.Cree, Surgeon R.N, as Related in His Private Journals, 1837-56

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Author: Edited by Michael LevienBinding: HardbackPublished: Webb & Bower, 1981Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book contains the journals of Edward H. Cree, a surgeon in...
Ferry To Tasmania: A Short History

Ferry To Tasmania: A Short History

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Author: Peter PlowmanBinding: SoftbackPublished: Rosenberg Publishing, 2004Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the history of ferries to Tasmania, detailing their impact on the region's economy,...
Legacy Of Gold

Legacy Of Gold

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Author: Raphael SackvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Targum/Feldheim Pub, 1989Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAustralia! In the 1840s it was a land of gold and convicts, of vast promise and broken...
Benbow Was His Name

Benbow Was His Name

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Author: Caryl Brahms & Ned SherrinBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, London, 1967Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerA novel on the heroic life and death of Admiral John Benbow, intended...
Titanic: One Newspaper, Seven Days, and the Truth That Shocked the World

Titanic: One Newspaper, Seven Days, and the Truth That Shocked the World

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Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle

Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle

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Blood Ransom: Stories from the Front Line in the War against Somali Piracy

Blood Ransom: Stories from the Front Line in the War against Somali Piracy

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Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation

Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation

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A "compelling" ( The Wall Street Journal ) account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy-a little-known but once notorious event that cost three young...
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World

Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World

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Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive ocean engine itself- what it...
Captain Cook's Epic Voyage

Captain Cook's Epic Voyage

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The story of the astonishing voyage of Captain James Cook and the Endeavour, to mark the 250th anniversary of that voyage, and Cook's claim to sovereignty. In 1768 Captain James...
The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans

The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans

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A titanic history of the three great oceans - the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Indian - and of mankind's relationship with the sea from the first voyagers to the...
Sailing Alone: A History

Sailing Alone: A History

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What compels a person to set out to sea? A solo sailor explores the exhilarating and frightening world of the wide ocean Sailing on a boat by yourself out at...
A New Voyage Round the World

A New Voyage Round the World

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A magical, substantially true narrative of piracy, zoology, anthropology, danger and adventure in the seventeenth-century Caribbean, Pacific and East Indies The first great English-language travel book, A New Voyage Round...
London's Triumph: Merchant Adventurers and the Tudor City

London's Triumph: Merchant Adventurers and the Tudor City

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The story of the individuals whose ambition and recklessness transformed London, England and the world Life in Europe was fundamentally changed in the 16th century by the astonishing discoveries of...
Seashaken Houses: A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet

Seashaken Houses: A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet

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The enthralling history of Britain's historic rock lighthouses, exploring the enduring appeal of these magnificent, isolated sentinels, now in paperback Lighthouses are striking totems of our relationship to the sea....
The Shipwreck Hunter: A lifetime of extraordinary discovery and adventure in the deep seas

The Shipwreck Hunter: A lifetime of extraordinary discovery and adventure in the deep seas

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'The underwater worlds of past and present collide in the depths of the ocean in this gripping and suspenseful narrative by David Mearns, a true expert on the mysteries of...
Sailing Ships and Paddle Wheels and Other Gippsland Shipping

Sailing Ships and Paddle Wheels and Other Gippsland Shipping

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Author: Bull, J. C.Binding: HardbackPublished: The Author, 1974Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markings"Sailing Ships and Paddle Wheels and Other Gippsland Shipping" by J.C. Bull is a fascinating...
PASHS' ODYSSEY - Western Australia: From Hartog's Plate to America's Cup

PASHS' ODYSSEY - Western Australia: From Hartog's Plate to America's Cup

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Author: Frank PashBinding: HardbackPublished: Madella Holdings, 1111Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the maritime history of Western Australia, highlighting significant events from the...
The High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean

The High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean

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THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER'Powerful reportage...awash with wonderful obscurities' The Sunday Times''A comprehensive investigation of the staggering damage we have done to the world's oceans and its life forms' ObserverA vital,...
Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope

Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope

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In 1820, a suspicious vessel was spotted lingering off the coast of northern Florida, the Spanish slave ship Antelope. Since the United States had outlawed its own participation in the...
The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go Deeper Underwater

The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go

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Triumphs and disasters in the deep seaThis is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet. We do not see...
Captain Blakely and the Wasp: The Cruise of 1814

Captain Blakely and the Wasp: The Cruise of 1814

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

Through Ice & Fire

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The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go Deeper Underwater

The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go

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Triumphs and disasters in the deep seaThis is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet. We do not see...
The High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean

The High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean

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THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER'Powerful reportage...awash with wonderful obscurities' The Sunday Times''A comprehensive investigation of the staggering damage we have done to the world's oceans and its life forms' ObserverA vital,...
Mrs Ricketson's Whaling Journal

Mrs Ricketson's Whaling Journal

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Author: Old Dartmouth Historical SocietyBinding: Other bindingPublished: Self-published, 1958Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of a whaling family...
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

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AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2024'Masterful and entrancing - this is big history at its best.' Professor Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors'A real-life Indiana Jones takes readers on a dive...
How To Read Water: Clues & Patterns from Puddles to the Sea

How To Read Water: Clues & Patterns from Puddles to the Sea

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A Sunday Times 'Must Read' book'Jam-packed with information, this book will fascinate sailors, fishers, birders, naturalists, hikers, and anyone interested in the natural world.' - Forbes'This study of rivers, lakes,...
A Short Account of a Voyage Round the Globe in H.M.S. Calcutta, 1803-1804

A Short Account of a Voyage Round the Globe in H.M.S. Calcutta, 1803-1804

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Author: Nicholas PateshallBinding: HardbackPublished: Queensberry Hill Press, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book provides a detailed account of the voyage of H.M.S. Calcutta, which...
Once Is Enough

Once Is Enough

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Author: Miles SmeetonBinding: HardbackPublished: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsOnce Is Enough is an account of Miles Smeeton's experiences aboard the...
Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map from the award winning author of BANJO, BANKS, THE REMARKABLE MRS REIBEY AND HUDSON FYSH

Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map

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  The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map, now with a foreword from Flinders' great-great-great-grand-daughters on the 250th anniversary of his birth...
The Empire of Necessity

The Empire of Necessity

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Dead Men Tapping: The End of the Heather Lynne II

Dead Men Tapping: The End of the Heather Lynne II

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Mutiny!! Aboard H.M. Armed Transport 'Bounty' in 1789

Mutiny!! Aboard H.M. Armed Transport 'Bounty' in 1789

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Author: Bowker, R.M. & Bligh, Lt. WilliamBinding: HardbackPublished: Bowker and Bertram, 1978Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book recounts the dramatic events of the mutiny aboard the HMS...
Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862 (CLASSICS OF NAVAL LITERATURE)

Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862 (CLASSICS OF NAVAL LITERATURE)

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Author: Robert Greenhalgh AlbionBinding: HardbackPublished: Naval Institute Press, 2000Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the critical timber supply issues faced by the Royal Navy...
British Naval Administration in the Age of Walpole

British Naval Administration in the Age of Walpole

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Author: Daniel A. BaughBinding: HardbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1965Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book provides a historical analysis of the challenges faced by the...
A Naval Career: Reports of Proceedings 1921-1964

A Naval Career: Reports of Proceedings 1921-1964

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Author: G. G. O. Gatacre, Rear-AdmiralBinding: HardbackPublished: Nautical Press, 1982, Second EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book compiles reports and proceedings from the naval career of Rear-Admiral...
Armidale '42: A Survivor's Account

Armidale '42: A Survivor's Account

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Caliban Shore

Caliban Shore

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My Lively Lady

My Lively Lady

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Author: Alec Rosebinding: HardbackPublished: Nautical Publishing Company, 1968Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Unblemished, page: Good, markings: No markingsMy Lively Lady is book by Alec Rose, published in 1968.
Ocean Liners of the Past: Cunard Express Liners "Lusitania" and "Mauretania" No. 2

Ocean Liners of the Past: Cunard Express Liners "Lusitania" and "Mauretania" No. 2

$60.00 AUD
Author: Patrick Stephensbinding: HardbackPublished: Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1970Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Wear and tear, page: Good, markings: Previous ownerThis hardcover book, published in 1970, features fold-out maps still attached...
H.M. Bark Endeavour

H.M. Bark Endeavour

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The Terrible Hours: The Man behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History

The Terrible Hours: The Man behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History

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Daniel Solander

Daniel Solander

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False Flags: Disguised German Raiders of World War II

False Flags: Disguised German Raiders of World War II

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The Channel: The Remarkable Men and Women Who Made It the Most Fascinating Waterway in the World

The Channel: The Remarkable Men and Women Who Made It the Most Fascinating Waterway in the World

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Author: Charlie Connelly Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'A wonderfully quirky history' SUNDAY TIMES 'The perfect read while you wait for your summer holiday to begin' MAIL ON SUNDAY...
Who Sank the Sydney?

Who Sank the Sydney?

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Voyages That Changed the World

Voyages That Changed the World

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