A Short History of the Sailing Ship

Romola Anderson, R C Anderson

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• This outstanding, amply illustrated book traces the evolution of the sailing ship from ancient times to the end of the 19th century. Extremely well-wr... Lees meer

The Buccaneers of America

Alexander O Exquemelin

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• A cross between genuine privateers, commissioned to defend a country's colonies and trade, and outright pirates, buccaneers were largely English, Fren... Lees meer

The History of Piracy

Philip Gosse

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• Written by an eminent authority on pirate lore and literature, The History of Piracy is one of the most important books on the subject. Tracing the ri... Lees meer

Whale Ships and Whaling

George Francis Dow

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• The mystery, excitement, and romance of whaling have fired the human imagination since ancient times. And although many books have been written about ... Lees meer

Spars and Rigging from Nautical Routine, 1849

John M Murphy, John M'Leod Murphy, W N Jeffers

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• Relying on his own experience in the U.S. Navy and consulting his contemporaries in the maritime profession, midshipman John Murphy published this boo... Lees meer

Story of the Titanic

J. Winocour

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• Why does the sinking of the Titanic hold such fascination for us? Many reasons have been advanced for the continuing fascination of this epic tragedy,... Lees meer

The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor

Darcy Lever

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• First published in 1808, The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor became a standard guide throughout the 19th century in both England and the United State... Lees meer

Under the Black Flag

Don C Seitz

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• Riveting account traces careers of buccaneers of many nationalities across two centuries and around the globe -- from the West Indies to the South Sea... Lees meer

The Yankee Whaler

Clifford W Ashley

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• One of the finest, most colorful and definitive studies of whaling ever published. Construction and outfitting of ships, crafts and routines, hunting ... Lees meer

A General History of the Pyrates

Daniel Defoe

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• Famed for his enduring fictional masterpieces Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe also possessed considerable expertise in maritime affair... Lees meer

Around the World Single-Handed

Harry Pidgeon

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• "The Islander was my first attempt at building a sailboat, but I don't suppose there ever was an amateur built craft that so nearly fulfilled the drea... Lees meer

Doomed Ships

Miller

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• These true-life adventures unfold amid flames, collisions, and explosions, with frantic calls of SOS and a rush to clamber aboard the lifeboats. Naval... Lees meer

Architectura Navalis Mercatoria

Fredrik Henrik Af Chapman

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• First published in 1768, this remarkable collection of sophisticated line drawings offers a fascinating look at the maritime world of the eighteenth c... Lees meer

The Cruise of the Snark

Jack London

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• Barely 30 years old and the wildly popular author of The Call of the Wild , Martin Eden , and other successful novels, Jack London's determined to fol... Lees meer

Infamous Pirates

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• Despite his relatively conventional background--wealthy family, excellent education--Captain Misson of Provence went to sea at age sixteen, and in fol... Lees meer

The Story of the Wreck of the Titanic

Marshall Everett

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• Published in the immediate wake of the famous maritime disaster , this "graphic and thrilling account of the sinking of the greatest Floating Palace e... Lees meer

The Book of Old Ships

Henry B Culver

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• Of all the ships human beings have constructed to navigate the waters of the world -- from a hollowed-out log sharpened at both ends to modern ocean l... Lees meer

Picture History of the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth

Miller

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• Big, fast, and powerful, the Queen Mary lived a long life that included 1,001 successful Atlantic crossings. Launched in Southampton, England in 1934,... Lees meer

The Art of Rigging

George Biddlecombe

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Maritime
• "Few, today, can realize how important was the art of rigging a ship and reeving her gear in the days just old when all aloft was wood and hemp; or ho... Lees meer