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The South China Sea Disputes - Past, Present, and Future (Hardcover): Nalanda Roy The South China Sea Disputes - Past, Present, and Future (Hardcover)
Nalanda Roy
R2,527 Discovery Miles 25 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The South China Sea has long been regarded as one of the most complex and challenging ocean-related maritime disputes in East Asia. Recently it has become the locus of disputes that have the potential of escalating into serious international conflicts. Historical mistrust, enduring territorial disputes, and competing maritime claims have combined to weaken an at least partially successful regional security structure. Issues of concern include territorial sovereignty; disputed claims to islands, rocks, and reefs; jurisdiction over territorial waters, exclusive economic zones, and the seabed; regional and international rights to use the seas for military purposes; maritime security; rapid economic development; and environmental degradation. The fear is that increasing competition for energy and other resources will exacerbate conflicts and further fuel nationalism and sovereignty issues in the region. The SCS has an integrated ecosystem and is one of the richest seas in the world in terms of marine flora and fauna: coral reefs, mangroves, sea-grass beds, fish, and plants. National economic security can be easily affected by conflicts occurring in major international trade routes like the SCS, or how such an unclear situation might even give rise to environmental challenges in the future. The book creates an understanding as to why this region is important not only to the claimants but to global powers like the United States and India. The book examines current and potential conflicts in the South China Sea, and also evaluates how conflicts have been "managed" to date and suggests as to how they might be better managed in the future. This book concludes with recommendations for improving the situation in the region by ensuring a strong economic relationships, using high-resolution observation satellites, and undertaking joint development, and resource exploration etc.

Seapower and Naval Warfare, 1650-1830 (Hardcover): Richard Harding Seapower and Naval Warfare, 1650-1830 (Hardcover)
Richard Harding
R4,492 Discovery Miles 44 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From the author of "Amphibious Warfare in the Eighteenth Century" and "The Evolution of the Sailing Navy, 1509-1815", this book serves as a single-volume survey of war at sea and the expansion of naval power in the 18th century. The book is intended for undergraduate courses on 18th century European history, and for amateur and professional military historians, and for navy colleges, and navy and ex-navy professionals.

Seapower and Naval Warfare, 1650-1830 (Paperback): Richard Harding Seapower and Naval Warfare, 1650-1830 (Paperback)
Richard Harding
R1,328 Discovery Miles 13 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From the author of "Amphibious Warfare in the Eighteenth Century" and "The Evolution of the Sailing Navy, 1509-1815", this book serves as a single- volume survey of war at sea and the expansion of naval power in the 18th century. The book is intended for undergraduate courses on 18th century European history, and for amateur and professional military historians, and for navy colleges, and navy and ex-navy professionals.

Lt Treasure Ships of the Oregon Coast (Paperback): Theodore Schellhase Lt Treasure Ships of the Oregon Coast (Paperback)
Theodore Schellhase
R459 R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Save R66 (14%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Explore the early history of Oregon by delving into the journals of explorers Alexander Mackenzie, David Thompson, and Lewis & Clark. Read about journeys into Oregon and first encounters with Native Americans on the coast. Hear legends of white-winged ships that first came to these shores and eyewitness accounts of survivors from shipwrecks who intermarried with local tribes. Return to the days of treasure ships and their mysteries along the Oregon coast.

The English American - A New Survey of the West Indies, 1648 (Hardcover): Thomas Gage The English American - A New Survey of the West Indies, 1648 (Hardcover)
Thomas Gage; Edited by A.P. Newton
R4,514 Discovery Miles 45 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Published in 1928, this exploration of the accounts of missionary Thomas Gage, edited by A.P.Newton, accounts the arduous journey around the Americas that Thomas Gage took to spread Christian teaching.

Challenges of Mapping the Classical World (Hardcover): Richard J. A Talbert Challenges of Mapping the Classical World (Hardcover)
Richard J. A Talbert
R4,478 Discovery Miles 44 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Challenges of Mapping the Classical World collects together in one volume fourteen varied items written by Richard Talbert over the past thirty years. They cohere around the theme of mapping the classical world since the nineteenth century. All were originally prompted by Talbert's commission in the late 1980s to produce a definitive classical atlas after more than a century of failed attempts by the Kieperts and others. These he evaluates, as well as probing the Smith/Grove atlas, a successful twenty-year initiative launched in the mid-1850s, with a cartographic approach that departs radically from established practice. Talbert's initial vision for the international collaborative project that resulted in the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World (2000) is presented, and the successive twice-yearly reports on its progress from 1991 through to completion are published here for the first time. A further item reflects retrospectively on the project's cartographic challenges and on how developments in digital map production were decisive in overcoming them. This volume will be invaluable to anyone with an interest in the development and growing impact of mapping the classical world.

Maritime Strategy and Continental Wars (Paperback, Annotated Ed): Rear Admiral K. Raja Menon Maritime Strategy and Continental Wars (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
Rear Admiral K. Raja Menon
R1,615 Discovery Miles 16 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Rear Admiral Raja Menon contends that nations embroiled in Continental wars have historically had poor maritime strategies. After an analysis of existing literature on this subject and a discussion of case studies, he develops the argument that those navies that have been involved in such wars have made poor contributions to the overall politial objectives. Government neglect, inadequate funding and structures that are more appropriate to purely maritime wars are symptomatic of a universal strategic dilemma that arises from inadequate strategic theory.

Ancient Boats in North-West Europe - The Archaeology of Water Transport to AD 1500 (Paperback, Revised): Sean McGrail Ancient Boats in North-West Europe - The Archaeology of Water Transport to AD 1500 (Paperback, Revised)
Sean McGrail
R2,988 Discovery Miles 29 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

At last a paperback edition of this standard work on marine archaeology. Sean McGrail's study received exceptional critical acclaim when it was first published in hardback in 1987 and it is now revised and published in paperback for the first time. Professor McGrail provides an authoritative survey of water transport across Northern Europe from the Late Palaeolithic to the later Middle Ages, using evidence of excavations, but also documentary sources, iconographic and ethnographic evidence. In the process he answers such key questions as How were these boats built? What sort of environment were they used in? What speeds could they achieve? and how were they navigated?

Jack Tar vs. John Bull - The Role of New York's Seamen in Precipitating the Revolution (Hardcover, Rev Ed): Jesse Lemisch Jack Tar vs. John Bull - The Role of New York's Seamen in Precipitating the Revolution (Hardcover, Rev Ed)
Jesse Lemisch
R4,775 Discovery Miles 47 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This classic study explores the role of merchant seamen in precipitating the American revolution. It analyzes the participation of seamen in impressment riots, the Stamp Act Riot, the Battle of Golden Hill, and other incidents. The book describes these events and explores the social world of the seamen, offering explanations for their actions. Focusing on the culture, politics, and experiences of early American seamen, this legendary study played an important role in the development of histories of the common people and has inspired generations of social and early American historians. Lemisch's later related article, "Jack Tar in the Streets," was named one of the ten most important articles ever published in the prestigious "William and Mary Quarterly. "Long unavailable, this edition includes an index and an appreciative foreword by Marcus Rediker, author of "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates, and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750"
(Ph.D. Dissertation, Yale University, 1962)

A Commerce of Knowledge - Trade, Religion, and Scholarship between England and the Ottoman Empire, 1600-1760 (Hardcover): Simon... A Commerce of Knowledge - Trade, Religion, and Scholarship between England and the Ottoman Empire, 1600-1760 (Hardcover)
Simon Mills
R2,644 Discovery Miles 26 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A Commerce of Knowledge tells the story of three generations of Church of England chaplains who served the English Levant Company in Syria during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Reconstructing the careers of its protagonists in the cosmopolitan city of Ottoman Aleppo, Simon Mills investigates the links between English commercial and diplomatic expansion, and English scholarly and missionary interests: the study of Middle-Eastern languages; the exploration of biblical and Greco-Roman antiquities; and the early dissemination of Protestant literature in Arabic. Early modern Orientalism is usually conceived as an episode in the history of scholarship. By shifting the focus to Aleppo, A Commerce of Knowledge brings to light the connections between the seemingly separate worlds, tracing the emergence of new kinds of philological and archaeological enquiry in England back to a series of real-world encounters between the chaplains and the scribes, booksellers, priests, rabbis, and sheikhs they encountered in the Ottoman Empire. Setting the careers of its protagonists against a background of broader developments across Protestant and Catholic Europe, Mills shows how the institutionalization of English scholarship, and the later English attempt to influence the Eastern Christian churches, were bound up with the international struggle to establish a commercial foothold in the Levant. He argues that these connections would endure until the shift of British commercial and imperial interests to the Indian subcontinent in the second half of the eighteenth century fostered new currents of intellectual life at home.

The Valiant Sailors (Paperback): V. A Stuart The Valiant Sailors (Paperback)
V. A Stuart
R526 Discovery Miles 5 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sailing beneath the ominous cloud of war between Turkey and Russia, the frigate Trojan is on her way to the Black Sea, carrying on board a mysterious passenger, a young woman whose identity must be concealed by orders of the Admiralty. Although First Lieutenant Phillip Hazard is captivated by the charming young woman, he has a far more pressing concern: the Trojan's captain is a sadistic despot-and quite possibly insane.

Gateways Of Asia (Hardcover): Broeze Gateways Of Asia (Hardcover)
Broeze
R5,839 Discovery Miles 58 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Asian continent has a maritime tradition spanning as far back as the third millennium BC, and its port cities have for centuries had a social and cultural character radically different from those on the shores of the Atlantic. This book offers a fresh perspective on Asian history, focusing on the vital role played by ports and port cities.

Far-flung Lines - Studies in Imperial Defence in Honour of Donald Mackenzie Schurman (Paperback, annotated edition): Greg... Far-flung Lines - Studies in Imperial Defence in Honour of Donald Mackenzie Schurman (Paperback, annotated edition)
Greg Kennedy, Keith Neilson
R1,976 Discovery Miles 19 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

These studies show how the British Empire used its maritime supremacy to construct and maintain a worldwide defence for its imperial interests. They rebut the idea that British defence policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was primarily concerned with the balance of power in Europe.

Austro-Hungarian Naval Policy, 1904-1914 (Paperback): Milan Vego Austro-Hungarian Naval Policy, 1904-1914 (Paperback)
Milan Vego
R1,616 Discovery Miles 16 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This unique and comprehensive account describes the interplay of internal and external factors in the emergence of the Austro-Hungarian Navy from a coastal defence force in 1904 to a respectable battle force capable of the joint operations with other Triple Alliance fleets in the Mediterranean by the eve of World War I. By 1914 the Austro-Hungarian Navy was the sixth largest navy in the world and the quality of its officers and men was widely recognised by most European naval observers at the time. The book describes the relationships between naval leaders, the heir to the throne Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and the Parliament in shaping the dual Monarchy's naval policy. It also shows how the changes in foreign policy in Italy and underlying animosities between Rome and Vienna led to a naval race in the Adriatic that eventually bolstered Germany's naval position in respect to Great Britain in the North Sea.

US Navy Protected Cruisers 1883-1918 (Paperback): Brian Lane Herder US Navy Protected Cruisers 1883-1918 (Paperback)
Brian Lane Herder; Illustrated by Paul Wright
R409 R376 Discovery Miles 3 760 Save R33 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Explores the history of the US Navy's 11 new steel warships, built during the late 19th century to advance American naval supremacy. After the American Civil War, the powerful US Navy was allowed to decay into utter decrepitude, and was becoming a security liability. In 1883, Congress approved four new steel-constructed vessels called the "ABCD" ships. The three protected cruisers Atlanta, Boston, and Chicago were the first steel warships built for the US Navy, whose 1880s-1890s technological and cultural transformation was so total it is now remembered as the "New Navy". This small fleet was joined by a succession of new and distinctive protected cruisers, culminating in the famous and powerful Olympia. These 11 protected cruisers formed the backbone of the early US steel navy, and were in the frontline of the US victory in the 1898 Spanish-American War. It was these warships that fought and won the decisive Battle of Manila Bay. These cruisers also served faithfully as escorts and auxiliaries in World War I before the last were retired in the 1920s. Written by experienced US naval researcher Brian Lane Herder, and including rare photographs, this book explores the development, qualities, and service of these important warships, and highlights the almost-forgotten Columbia-class, designed as high-speed commerce raiders, and to mimic specific passenger liners. All 11 protected cruisers are depicted in meticulously researched color illustrations with one depicting the Olympia deploying her full sail rig.

Marine Insurance - A Legal History (Hardcover): Rob Merkin Marine Insurance - A Legal History (Hardcover)
Rob Merkin
R13,817 Discovery Miles 138 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This authoritative work forms a comprehensive examination of the legal and historical context of marine insurance, providing a detailed overview of the events and factors leading to its codification in the Marine Insurance Act 1906. It investigates the development of the legal principles and case law that underpin the Act to reveal how successful this codification truly was, and to demonstrate how these historical precedents remain relevant to marine insurance law to this day. Beginning with the pivotal year of 1756, Rob Merkin QC organises his analysis era by era, situating the leading cases and emerging fundamentals of the marine insurance industry in the context of external events such as war, the growth of free international trade, and the expansion of empire. Offering insight into the origins of familiar legal principles in the field, the book provides a deeper understanding of the legal framework within which historical events took place and how this shaped both the development of marine insurance law and the political and economic circumstances surrounding it. Key features include: In-depth research by one of the leading experts in marine insurance law Context for and therefore deeper understanding of legal principles in the field An authoritative account of the development of modern law of marine insurance through its historical roots. Legal historians interested in marine insurance and international maritime law more broadly as well as other historians of the period will find the depth of research and breadth of coverage in this book invaluable. Its grounding of important principles in their historical context will also be useful to practising lawyers in the field grappling with current marine insurance issues.

Dragon (Paperback): Rose Gan Dragon (Paperback)
Rose Gan
R286 Discovery Miles 2 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Geography of the Ocean - Knowing the ocean as a space (Paperback): Anne-Flore Laloe The Geography of the Ocean - Knowing the ocean as a space (Paperback)
Anne-Flore Laloe
R1,557 Discovery Miles 15 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Despite the fact that the vast majority of the earth's surface is made up of oceans, there has been surprisingly little work by geographers which critically examines the ocean-space and our knowledge and perceptions of it. This book employs a broad conceptual and methodological framework to analyse specific events that have contributed to the production of geographical knowledge about the ocean. These include, but are not limited to, Christopher Columbus' first transatlantic journey, the mapping of nonexistent islands, the establishment of transoceanic trade routes, the discovery of largescale water movements, the HMS Challenger expedition, the search for the elusive Terra Australis Incognita, the formulation of the theory of continental drift and the mapping of the seabed. Using a combination of original, empirical (archival, material and cartographic), and theoretical sources, this book uniquely brings together fascinating narratives throughout history to produce a representation and mapping of geographical oceanic knowledge. It questions how we know what we know about the oceans and how this knowledge is represented and mapped. The book then uses this representation and mapping as a way to coherently trace the evolution of oceanic spatial awareness. In recent years, particularly in historical geography, discovering and knowing the ocean-space has been a completely separate enterprise from discovering and colonising the lands beyond it. There has been such focus on studying colonised lands, yet the oceans between them have been neglected. This book gives the geographical ocean a voice to be acknowledged as a space where history, geography and indeed historical geography took place.

Geography, Technology and Instruments of Exploration (Paperback): Fraser MacDonald, Charles W. J Withers Geography, Technology and Instruments of Exploration (Paperback)
Fraser MacDonald, Charles W. J Withers
R1,562 Discovery Miles 15 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Focusing on aspects of the functioning of technology, and by looking at instruments and at instrumental performance, this book addresses the epistemological questions arising from examining the technological bases to geographical exploration and knowledge claims. Questions of geography and exploration and technology are addressed in historical and contemporary context and in different geographical locations and intellectual cultures. The collection brings together scholars in the history of geographical exploration, historians of science, historians of technology and, importantly, experts with curatorial responsibilities for, and museological expertise in, major instrument collections. Ranging in their focus from studies of astronomical practice to seismography, meteorological instruments and rockets, from radar to the hand-held barometer, the chapters of this book examine the ways in which instruments and questions of technology - too often overlooked hitherto - offer insight into the connections between geography and exploration.

Arabian Adventure (Hardcover): Rossi Arabian Adventure (Hardcover)
Rossi
R4,473 Discovery Miles 44 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Maritime Southeast Asia to 500 (Paperback, New): Lynda Norene Shaffer Maritime Southeast Asia to 500 (Paperback, New)
Lynda Norene Shaffer
R1,781 Discovery Miles 17 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"A well researched and lucid history of the Southeast Asian island realms (Indochina), attending to a variety of subjects such as crops and language groups, the silk and spice trade, African sailors and Chinese porcelains, religions, and royal houses". -- Reference & Research Book News

Maritime Southeast Asia to 500 (Hardcover, New): Lynda Norene Shaffer Maritime Southeast Asia to 500 (Hardcover, New)
Lynda Norene Shaffer
R4,466 Discovery Miles 44 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"A well researched and lucid history of the Southeast Asian island realms (Indochina), attending to a variety of subjects such as crops and language groups, the silk and spice trade, African sailors and Chinese porcelains, religions, and royal houses". -- Reference & Research Book News

Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific - Heritage and Contemporary Challenges (Hardcover): Howard M. Hensel,... Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific - Heritage and Contemporary Challenges (Hardcover)
Howard M. Hensel, Amit Gupta
R4,626 Discovery Miles 46 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Scholars and policy makers have traditionally viewed portions of the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific as separate and discrete political, economic, and military regions. In recent years, however, a variety of economic, political, and military forces have made many within the academic community, as well as a growing number of national governmental leaders, change their perceptions and recognize that these maritime expanses are one zone of global interaction. Consequently, political, military, and economic developments in one maritime region increasingly have an impact elsewhere. Analyzing and assessing the contemporary maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific, this valuable study highlights the current prospects for peace and security in what is rapidly becoming recognized as an integrated and interactive political, military-strategic, and economic environment. This work will be of interest to researchers and policy makers involved in regional studies, as well as security studies, conflict resolution, military, and peace studies.

The Making of the Elizabethan Navy 1540-1590 - From the Solent to the Armada (Hardcover, New): David M. Loades The Making of the Elizabethan Navy 1540-1590 - From the Solent to the Armada (Hardcover, New)
David M. Loades
R2,354 Discovery Miles 23 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An account of the development of the English navy showing how the formidable force which beat the Spanish Armada was created. When Henry VIII came to the throne in 1509 the English Navy was rather ad hoc: there were no warships as such, rather just merchant ships, hired when needed by the king, and converted for military purposes, which involved mostly the transport of troops and the support of land armies. There were no permanent dockyards and no admiralty or other standing institutions to organise naval affairs. Throughout the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary, and theearly part of the reign of Elizabeth, all this changed, so that by the 1580s England had permanent dockyards, and permanent naval administrative institutions, and was able to send warships capable of fighting at sea to attack theSpanish in the Caribbean and in Spain itself, and able to confront the Spanish Armada with a formidable fleet. This book provides a thorough account of the development of the English navy in this period, showing how the formidableforce which beat the Spanish Armada was created. It covers technological, administrative and operational developments, in peace and war, and provides full accounts of the various battles and other naval actions. David Loadesis Honorary Research Professor, University of Sheffield, Professor Emeritus, University of Wales, Bangor, and a member of the Centre for British and Irish Studies, University of Oxford. He has published over 20 books, including"The Tudor Navy" (1992).

Voyaging the World's Civil Engineering Wonders (Paperback, 2nd edition): John Laverick Voyaging the World's Civil Engineering Wonders (Paperback, 2nd edition)
John Laverick
R704 R617 Discovery Miles 6 170 Save R87 (12%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Examples of enduring feats of civil engineering endeavour can be seen around the world's seas and waterways, from the SS Great Britain to the Panama Canal. In this beautifully illustrated book, John Laverick offers an insight into the intriguing field of civil engineering, taking you on a journey that crosses three continents and three centuries, exploring extraordinary achievements including the artificial waterways of the Panama and Suez canals, floating concepts such as the concrete Mulberry harbours, the world's only rotating ship lift at Falkirk, a man-made island in the Baltic linking the crossings between two countries and the ambitious restoration of the Wilts & Berks Canal.

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