Borderland Smuggling

Joshua M Smith

• Paperback | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• North American Society for Oceanic History John Lyman Book Award in United States Maritime History Passamaquoddy Bay lies between Maine and New Brunsw... Lees meer

Life and Death on the Greenland Patrol, 1942

Thaddeus D Novak

• Paperback | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• One of the untold stories of World War II is the guarding of Greenland and its coastal waters, where the first U.S. capture of an enemy ship took plac... Lees meer

Nexus of Empire

• Paperback | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• Between 1760 and 1820, many groups in North America grappled with differences of identity, nationality, and loyalty tested by revolutionary challenges... Lees meer

Commodore Abraham Whipple of the Continental Navy

Sheldon S Cohen

• Paperback | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• Abraham Whipple (1733-1819) commanded insurgents who destroyed HMS Gaspee in Narragansett Bay and helped direct the successful invasion of the Bahamas... Lees meer

The Sea Their Graves

David J Stewart

• Paperback | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• Like other groups with dangerous occupations, mariners have developed a close-knit culture bound by loss and memory. Death regularly disrupts the fabr... Lees meer

A Civil War Gunboat in Pacific Waters

Hans Konrad Van Tilburg

• Paperback | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• "An epic shipwreck tale. Sacrifice and heroism are recounted in a comprehensive study of a ship that embodied America's role in the nineteenth-century... Lees meer

The Rescue of the Gale Runner

Dennis L Noble

• Paperback | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• "Recounts the tragic story of the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Quillayute River Station, who attempted to rescue the sailors of the sailboat Gale Runn... Lees meer

Chinese Junks on the Pacific

Hans Konrad Van Tilburg

• Paperback | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• From a Western perspective, junks were among the most mysterious vessels ever to sail the open seas. Offering more than just history, Chinese Junks on... Lees meer

X Marks the Spot

• Paperback | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• "The first comprehensive, scholarly look at the artifactual evidence of real pirates, recovered at both shipwrecks and known pirate bases."-- Archaeol... Lees meer

Maritime History as World History

• Paperback | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• From the foreword: "In the 21st century the division between the maritime and terrestrial worlds has virtually disappeared. Events and issues that pre... Lees meer

Brown Water Warfare

R Blake Dunnavent

• Hardcover | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• Throughout history, rivers have been vital arteries of transportation, commerce, and communication and, consequently, are key military areas in times ... Lees meer

Sovereignty at Sea

Rodney Carlisle

• Paperback | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• "A compelling account based on exhaustive primary research that re-creates the mindset of politicians, the press, and other policymakers as they make ... Lees meer

Sovereignty at Sea

Rodney Carlisle

• Hardcover | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• "A compelling account based on exhaustive primary research that re-creates the mindset of politicians, the press, and other policymakers as they make ... Lees meer

Sir Samuel Hood and the Battle of the Chesapeake

Colin Pengelly

• Hardcover | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• "This is a carefully researched, judiciously considered, and well-crafted study of the most important and the most controversial naval battle for winn... Lees meer

Crisis at Sea

William N Still

• Hardcover | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• Crisis at Sea is the first comprehensive history of the United States Navy in European waters during World War I. Drawing on vast American, British, G... Lees meer

Attack Transport

Kenneth H Goldman

• Hardcover | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• Tells the service history of the "Lucky Chuck," which earned six battle stars during WWII "Offers a cascade of authentic information and 'flavor' on g... Lees meer

The Sea Their Graves

David J Stewart

• Hardcover | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• "A 'classic' of its type--the closest comparison is the legendary Weibust's Deep Sea Sailors , and I would hazard to suggest that this book may come t... Lees meer

Sea Power in Medieval Mediterranean

Lawrence V Mott

• Hardcover | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• Lawrence Mott's study of the War of Sicilian Vespers provides an unprecedented view of the internal organization and operations of a medieval fleet. W... Lees meer

Eight Thousand Years of Maltese Maritime History

Ayse Devrim Atauz

• Hardcover | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• For millennia, Malta has always been considered a site of strategic importance. From the arrival of the Phoenicians through rule under Carthage, Rome,... Lees meer

Maritime History as World History

• Hardcover | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• From the foreword: "In the 21st century the division between the maritime and terrestrial worlds has virtually disappeared. Events and issues that pre... Lees meer

Uriah Levy

Ira Dye

• Hardcover | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• Uriah Levy's naval career spanned the age of sail to the era of steam-driven ironclads. As one of the few Jewish Americans in the U.S. Navy, Levy was ... Lees meer

The Spanish Convoy of 1750

James a Lewis

• Hardcover | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• "Presents the tale of several vessels in a Spanish convoy wrecked by a hurricane along the Virginia/North Carolina coastline. Solidly grounded in the ... Lees meer

The U.S. Coast Guard's War on Human Smuggling

Dennis L Noble

• Hardcover | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• Puts a human face on both undocumented migrants and those who enforce policy "Illustrates the complexities and heartbreak of attempting to enforce U.S... Lees meer

Industrializing American Shipbuilding

William H Thiesen

• Hardcover | Engels | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeolog
• Throughout the 19th century, the shipbuilding industry in America was both art and craft, one based on tradition, instinct, hand tools, and handmade s... Lees meer