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Zachariah Pearson: Man of Hull - A Tale of Philanthropy, Boom and Bust (Paperback): Marian Shaw Zachariah Pearson: Man of Hull - A Tale of Philanthropy, Boom and Bust (Paperback)
Marian Shaw; Foreword by The Lord Mayor of Hull
R675 Discovery Miles 6 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

There is not a statue of Zachariah Charles Pearson (1821-1891), twice Mayor of Hull, on the land he gifted to the City for its first public park. Why not? Here the great-great-granddaughter of the Victorian philanthropist builds a life-story from a fascinating mix of family and local folk-lore and photographs, genealogical research, and the resources of local, national and international archives - as well as travel to the United States and long journeys online. Thousands of pieces of jigsaw spread out on the table are brought together to make up a picture of Zachariah's life as he built up his business from humble beginnings and rose to fame, fortune, and philanthropy. By the age of 21 he was captain of 'the finest ship then sailing out of Hull'. Within the next three years he was married and the owner of his own vessel - a young entrepreneur expanding his trading routes and establishing his businesses around the world, ready to turn events to the advantage of his family and the development of his city. What could go wrong? As the book reveals, dramatic world events, bad luck and poor judgement were to bring prolonged financial and social disaster.In his later years, when rebuilding his public presence in Hull, Zachariah certainly maintained a lower profile than his previous flamboyance. A fascinating slice of the history and life of nineteenth-century Hull.

Up Spirits (Paperback): Peter Broadbent Up Spirits (Paperback)
Peter Broadbent
R451 Discovery Miles 4 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Blood and Swash - The Unvarnished Life (& afterlife) Story of Pirate Captain, Bartholomew Roberts (Paperback): V'Leonica... Blood and Swash - The Unvarnished Life (& afterlife) Story of Pirate Captain, Bartholomew Roberts (Paperback)
V'Leonica Roberts
R927 Discovery Miles 9 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Blood and Swash - The Unvarnished Life (& afterlife) Story of Pirate Captain, Bartholomew Roberts (Paperback): V'Leonica... Blood and Swash - The Unvarnished Life (& afterlife) Story of Pirate Captain, Bartholomew Roberts (Paperback)
V'Leonica Roberts
R2,655 Discovery Miles 26 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Barbarossa the Pirates (English Edition) (Paperback): Mr George Leonardos Barbarossa the Pirates (English Edition) (Paperback)
Mr George Leonardos
R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
My Formative Years - Master of barque Lilly 1896-1900 (Paperback): John Pitka My Formative Years - Master of barque Lilly 1896-1900 (Paperback)
John Pitka; Translated by Hillar Kalmar
R696 Discovery Miles 6 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity 1919-22 - Naval and Foreign Policy under Lloyd George (Paperback): G.H. Bennett The Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity 1919-22 - Naval and Foreign Policy under Lloyd George (Paperback)
G.H. Bennett
R1,472 Discovery Miles 14 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book thoroughly explores and analyses naval policy during the period of austerity that followed the First World War. During this post-war period, as the Royal Navy identified Japan its likely opponent in a future naval war, the British Government was forced to "tighten its belt" and cut back on naval expenditure in the interests of "National Economy". G.H. Bennett draws connections between the early 20th century and the present day, showing how the same kind of connections exist between naval and foreign policy, the provision of ships for the Royal Navy, business and regional prosperity and employment. The Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity 1919-22 engages with a series of important historiographical debates relating to the history of the Royal Navy, the failures of British Defence policy in the inter-war period and the evolution of British foreign policy after 1919, together with more mundane debates about British economic, industrial, social and political history in the aftermath of the First World War. It will be of great interest to scholars and students of British naval history.

From Schooldays to the Arctic Circle and Beyond (Paperback): Kenneth Shakesby From Schooldays to the Arctic Circle and Beyond (Paperback)
Kenneth Shakesby
R676 Discovery Miles 6 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An interesting and insightful book exploring the author's efforts to follow in his father's footsteps and succeed in the tumultuous fishing industry. The reader is invited to experience the author's life as a Hull trawlerman; from his first trip out as a teenager, to achieving the highest rank of skipper. The intense highs and lows in between are relayed in great detail, with photographs adding to the reading pleasure. This is a story of hard work, courage, and the importance of following your heart. The author's infinite love for his family and high regard for his shipmates add a touching element to the book.

A General History of the Pyrates - Their first rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present Time... A General History of the Pyrates - Their first rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present Time (Paperback)
Daniel Defoe
R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Lusitania Sinking - Eyewitness Accounts from Survivors (Hardcover): Anthony Richards The Lusitania Sinking - Eyewitness Accounts from Survivors (Hardcover)
Anthony Richards
R620 R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Save R68 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

*Shortlisted for the 2019 Mountbatten Award* "We went up on deck and were looking around when the awful crash came. The ship listed so much that we all scrambled down the deck and for a moment everything was in confusion. When I came to myself again I glanced around but could find no trace of Mr Prichard. He seemed to have disappeared." - Grace French The sinking of the Lusitania is an event that has been predominantly discussed from a political or maritime perspective. For the first time, The Lusitania Sinking tells the story in the emotive framework of a family looking for information on their son's death. On 1 May 1915, the 29-year-old student Preston Prichard embarked as a Second Class passenger on the Lusitania, bound from New York for Liverpool. By 2pm on the afternoon of 7 May, the liner was approaching the coast of Ireland when she was sighted by the German submarine U-20\. A single torpedo caused a massive explosion in the Lusitania's hold, and the ship began sank rapidly. Within 20 minutes she disappeared and 1,198 men, women and children, including Preston, died. Uncertain of Preston's fate, his family leaped into action. His brother Mostyn, who lived in Ramsgate, travelled to Queenstown to search morgues but could find nothing. Preston's mother wrote hundreds of letters to survivors to find out more about what might have happened in his last moments. The Lusitania Sinking compiles the responses received. Perhaps sensing his fate, Prichard had put his papers in order before embarking and told a fellow student where to find his will if anything happened to him. During the voyage, he was often seen in the company of Grace French, quoted above. Alice Middleton, who had a crush on him but was too shy to speak to him throughout the entire voyage, remembered that he helped her in reaching the upper decks during the last moments of the sinking: "[The Lusitania] exploded and down came her funnels, so over I jumped. I had a terrible time in the water, 41/2 hours bashing about among the wreckage and dead bodies... It was 10.30 before they landed me at the hospital in an unconscious condition. In fact, they piled me with a boat full of dead and it was only when they were carrying the dead bodies to the Mortuary that they discovered there was still life in me."

The Golden Age of Piracy (Paperback): Cyril Gallo The Golden Age of Piracy (Paperback)
Cyril Gallo
R749 Discovery Miles 7 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hurricane Jumpers - The Escape of HMS Calliope (Paperback): Graham Leslie Hague The Hurricane Jumpers - The Escape of HMS Calliope (Paperback)
Graham Leslie Hague
R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pirate Origins- Ancient Hidden Ties to the Knights Templar (Paperback): Christopher J Mason Pirate Origins- Ancient Hidden Ties to the Knights Templar (Paperback)
Christopher J Mason
R210 Discovery Miles 2 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Wreck of the Titan & the Titanic Disaster April 15, 1912 (Paperback): Jurgen Prommersberger, Morgan Robertson The Wreck of the Titan & the Titanic Disaster April 15, 1912 (Paperback)
Jurgen Prommersberger, Morgan Robertson
R536 Discovery Miles 5 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Our Story - Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the 1998 TITANIC EXPEDITION (Paperback): Bill Willard Our Story - Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the 1998 TITANIC EXPEDITION (Paperback)
Bill Willard; Compiled by Bill Willard
R820 Discovery Miles 8 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Captain Puckett - Sea stories of a former Panama Canal pilot (Paperback): Kenneth P Puckett, William D Larue Captain Puckett - Sea stories of a former Panama Canal pilot (Paperback)
Kenneth P Puckett, William D Larue
R504 R474 Discovery Miles 4 740 Save R30 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Lost Horizon - History of Navigation/Poetry of the Sea (Paperback): Christian C Couch The Lost Horizon - History of Navigation/Poetry of the Sea (Paperback)
Christian C Couch
R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Mutiny, Mayhem, Mythology - Bounty's Enigmatic Voyage (Paperback): Alan Frost Mutiny, Mayhem, Mythology - Bounty's Enigmatic Voyage (Paperback)
Alan Frost
R715 Discovery Miles 7 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1789, as the Bounty made its return voyage through the western Pacific Ocean, disgruntled crewmen seized control from their captain, William Bligh. The mutineers set Bligh and the eighteen men who remained loyal to him adrift in one of the ship's boats, with minimal food and only four cutlasses for weapons.In the two centuries since, the mutiny and its aftermath have become the stuff of legend. Millions of words have been written about it; it has been the subject of novels, plays, feature films and documentaries. The story's two protagonists - Bligh and his mutinous deputy, Fletcher Christian - are cast as villain and hero, but which is which depends on which account you read.In Mutiny, Mayhem, Mythology, Alan Frost looks past these inherited narratives to shed new light on the infamous expedition and its significance. Returning to the very first accounts of the mutiny, he shows how gaps, misconceptions and hidden agendas crept into the historical record and have shaped it ever since.

The Ancient Israeli Tribe of Dan and the Sea Peoples (Paperback): John Bennett The Ancient Israeli Tribe of Dan and the Sea Peoples (Paperback)
John Bennett
R214 R198 Discovery Miles 1 980 Save R16 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse - History & Tales of Terrible Tilly (Paperback): Brian D. Ratty Tillamook Rock Lighthouse - History & Tales of Terrible Tilly (Paperback)
Brian D. Ratty
R412 Discovery Miles 4 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Golden Age of Piracy - The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates (Paperback): David Head The Golden Age of Piracy - The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates (Paperback)
David Head; Contributions by Douglas R. Burgess, Guy Chet, John A. Coakley, Carolyn Eastman, …
R803 R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Save R100 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

Titanic - The Short Story (Paperback): Deborah Vanturini Titanic - The Short Story (Paperback)
Deborah Vanturini
R160 Discovery Miles 1 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Matthew Flinders, Maritime Explorer of Australia (Paperback): Kenneth Morgan Matthew Flinders, Maritime Explorer of Australia (Paperback)
Kenneth Morgan
R1,482 Discovery Miles 14 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides a thoroughly researched biography of the naval career of Matthew Flinders, with particular emphasis on his importance for the maritime discovery of Australia. Sailing in the wake of the 18th-century voyages of exploration by Captain Cook and others, Flinders was the first naval commander to circumnavigate Australia's coastline. He contributed more to the mapping and naming of places in Australia than virtually any other single person. His voyage to Australia on H.M.S. Investigator expanded the scope of imperial, geographical and scientific knowledge. This biography places Flinders's career within the context of Pacific exploration and the early white settlement of Australia. Flinders's connections with other explorers, his use of patronage, the dissemination of his findings, and his posthumous reputation are also discussed in what is an important new scholarly work in the field.

The Dutch West India Company (Paperback): Leonardo Rogala The Dutch West India Company (Paperback)
Leonardo Rogala
R441 Discovery Miles 4 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Labors of Sir Francis Drake (Paperback): Erma Armstrong The Labors of Sir Francis Drake (Paperback)
Erma Armstrong
R557 Discovery Miles 5 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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