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Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history
Bloodthirsty buccaneers and buried treasure, fierce sea battles and
cold-blooded murders, Barbary ducats and silver pieces of eight.
Des Ekin embarks on a roadtrip around the entire coast of Ireland,
in search of our piratical heritage, uncovering an amazing history
of swashbuckling bandits, both Irish-born and imported. Ireland's
Pirate Trail tells stories of freebooters and pirates from every
corner of our coast over a thousand years, including famous pirates
like Anne Bonny and William Lamport, who set off to ply their trade
in the Caribbean. Ekin also debunks many myths about our most
well-known sea warrior, Granuaile, the 'Pirate Queen' of Mayo.
Thoroughly researched and beautifully told. Filled with exciting
untold stories.
This book is a compilation of papers presented at a day-long
conference organised in Chennai, on March 28 2019 by the Chennai
Centre for China Studies (C3S) in partnership with the National
Maritime Foundation (NMF) and the Department of Defence and
Strategic Studies, University of Madras, and supported by the
Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard on the theme, "Securing India's
Maritime Neighbourhood: Challenges and Opportunities". Contributors
included a whole galaxy of luminaries from the serving and veteran
echelons of the Indian Armed Forces, the diplomatic community,
maritime industry, doyens of Indian academia, and distinguished
personalities from the Fourth Estate. A number of facets of seminal
importance to national security were addressed in the book. These
included conceptual, geopolitical, economic, environmental and
technological issues.
The 1954 film On the Waterfront brought to life the New York docks
of the 1950s, when it was often said that a ship, usually a
freighter, arrived or departed every 24 minutes, around the clock.
Now, the Port of New York is handling more cargo than ever before,
but all of it containerised. Along the Waterfront, a followon to
Along the Hudson (which looked at passenger ships in the Port of
New York), covers the vast and fascinating fleet of freighters that
once called at New York, including ships and companies that did not
quite make it, such as the Bull Line, Standard Fruit, Torm Lines
and the Booth Steamship Company. In this book, William H. Miller
takes the reader on an evocative trip back to the days of the New
York docks as they were portrayed in On the Waterfront.
For three centuries Portsmouth has been the leading base of the
Royal Navy but the naval heritage of its port can be traced back to
the Roman invasion of Britain. From the Roman walls of Portchester
to the best-preserved Georgian dockyard in the world and the
illustrious HMS Victory, Portsmouth is amongst the most important
naval sites in the world. This fascinating book, in its new and
fully revised edition, focuses on the history and present status of
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard as well as the magnificent ships
Victory, Warrior and Mary Rose that have been preserved and are now
on display at Portsmouth. Drawing on impressive original research
and illustrated by a host of colourful photographs, author Paul
Brown has created a concise and helpful guide to the key maritime
attractions in Portsmouth and Gosport, including the Submarine
Museum, the sea forts, the Gunwharf and the commercial port.
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