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The White Star Collection - A Shipping Line in Postcards (Paperback, New edition): Patrick Mylon The White Star Collection - A Shipping Line in Postcards (Paperback, New edition)
Patrick Mylon
R786 R681 Discovery Miles 6 810 Save R105 (13%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

White Star Line was originally founded in Liverpool in 1845 for travel to Australia but was eventually purchased by Thomas Ismay and transformed into the successful Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. Cleverly merging with Harland & Wolff, the line focussed on luxury over speed, developing many of the world's favourite vessels. Finally merging with its great rival Cunard in the 1930s depression, the companies continued to operate separately while flying one another's flags. This evocative book explores the colourful history of White Star Line, from personal postcards with messages from passengers, crew and troops, to the careers of her vessels in peacetime and at war, all from Patrick Mylon's impressive collection. It includes ships with alternative identities, unusual stories like the planned escape of Dr Crippen, and showcases a wide variety of interior views, adverts and 'proof', silk and Company Issue cards, conveying the glamour, drama and history of this world-renowned line.

The Vital Spark - The British Coastal Trade, 1700-1930 (Paperback): John Armstrong The Vital Spark - The British Coastal Trade, 1700-1930 (Paperback)
John Armstrong
R1,025 Discovery Miles 10 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
British Shipping and World Competition (Paperback): S G Sturmey British Shipping and World Competition (Paperback)
S G Sturmey
R1,024 Discovery Miles 10 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Britain in the Wider World - 1603-1800 (Hardcover): Trevor Burnard Britain in the Wider World - 1603-1800 (Hardcover)
Trevor Burnard
R4,480 Discovery Miles 44 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Britain in the Wider World traces the remarkable transformation of Britain between 1603 and 1800 as it developed into a world power. At the accession of James VI and I to the throne of England in 1603, the kingdoms of England/Wales, Scotland and Ireland were united only by having a monarch in common. They had little presence in the world and were fraught with violence. Two centuries later, the consolidated state of the United Kingdom, established in 1801, was an economic powerhouse and increasingly geopolitically important, with an empire that stretched from the Americas, to Asia and to the Pacific. The book offers a fresh approach to assessing Britain's evolution, situating Britain within both imperial and Atlantic history, and examining how Britain came together politically and socially throughout the eighteenth century. In particular, it offers a detailed exploration of Britain as a fiscal-military state, able to fight major wars without bankrupting itself. Through studying patterns of political authority and gender relationships, it also stresses the constancy of fundamental features of British society, economy, and politics despite considerable internal changes. Detailed, accessibly written, and enhanced by illustrations, Britain in the Wider World is ideal for students of early modern Britain.

Born to Be Hanged - The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune... Born to Be Hanged - The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune (Hardcover)
Keith Thomson
R989 R894 Discovery Miles 8 940 Save R95 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The year is 1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy, and more than three hundred daring, hardened pirates-a potent mix of low-life scallywags and a rare breed of gentlemen buccaneers-gather on a remote Caribbean island. The plan: to wreak havoc on the Pacific coastline, raiding cities, mines, and merchant ships. The booty: the bright gleam of Spanish gold and the chance to become legends. So begins one of the greatest piratical adventures of the era-a story not given its full due until now. Inspired by the intrepid forays of pirate turned Jamaican governor Captain Henry Morgan-yes, that Captain Morgan-the company crosses Panama on foot, slashing its way through the Darien Isthmus, one of the thickest jungles on the planet, and liberating a native princess along the way. After reaching the South Sea, the buccaneers, primarily Englishmen, plunder the Spanish Main in a series of historic assaults, often prevailing against staggering odds and superior firepower. A collective shudder racks the western coastline of South America as the English pirates, waging a kind of proxy war against the Spaniards, gleefully undertake a brief reign over Pacific waters, marauding up and down the continent. With novelistic prose and a rip-roaring sense of adventure, Keith Thomson guides us through the pirates' legendary two-year odyssey. We witness the buccaneers evading Indigenous tribes, Spanish conquistadors, and sometimes even their own English countrymen, all with the ever-present threat of the gallows for anyone captured. By fusing contemporaneous accounts with intensive research and previously unknown primary sources, Born to Be Hanged offers a rollicking account of one of the most astonishing pirate expeditions of all time.

Pirates in History and Popular Culture (Paperback): Antonio Sanna Pirates in History and Popular Culture (Paperback)
Antonio Sanna
R1,319 R915 Discovery Miles 9 150 Save R404 (31%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This collection of new essays covers the myriad portrayals of the figure of the pirate in historical records, literary narratives, films, television series, opera, anime and games. Contributors explore the nuances of both real and fictional pirates, giving attention to renowned works such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, the Pirates of the Caribbean saga, and the anime One Piece, as well as less well known works such as pirate romances, William Clarke Russell's The Frozen Pirate, Lionel Lindsay's artworks, Steven Speilberg's The Adventures of Tintin, and Pastafarian texts.

Cosmographers and Pilots of the Spanish Maritime Empire (Hardcover, New Ed): Ursula Lamb Cosmographers and Pilots of the Spanish Maritime Empire (Hardcover, New Ed)
Ursula Lamb
R1,166 Discovery Miles 11 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

These essays deal with questions of navigation and, more broadly, the intellectual challenges posed by Spain's acquisition of an empire across the Atlantic. Crudely, they had to find out what was where and how to get there. The first section of the volume looks at the 16th-century Sevillan cosmographers and pilots charged with this task: their achievements, the social and political context in which they worked, and the methods used to establish scientific truths - including the resort to litigation. Ursula Lamb then turns to examine specific problems, from the routing of transatlantic shipping to the application of cartographic coordinates to allocate unexplored territories. The final articles move forward to the time when, after a lapse of two centuries, Spanish nautical science became revitalised, and the Spanish Hydrographic Office was established.

Knights of the Wehrmacht: Knights Crs Holders of the U-Boat Service (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Franz Kurowski Knights of the Wehrmacht: Knights Crs Holders of the U-Boat Service (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Franz Kurowski
R747 R630 Discovery Miles 6 300 Save R117 (16%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Each recipient is presented in a capsule biography including date of birth, awarding of the various Knights Cross grades, and other particulars to rank and career. Each is also shown in a World War II era photograph.

Merchants of Maritime India, 1500-1800 (Hardcover, New Ed): Ashin Das Gupta Merchants of Maritime India, 1500-1800 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Ashin Das Gupta
R2,818 Discovery Miles 28 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The focus of this volume is the rise and fall of the Indian maritime merchant in the early modern period: the heyday of Moghul Surat, the appearance of a group of independent merchant shipowners, and their eclipse at the end of the period in the face of European competition and monopolies. Much of the evidence for the activity of these Indian merchants comes from the records of the Dutch and English East India Companies, as well as the papers of English private merchants, and this is carefully assessed by Professor Das Gupta in these articles. He is also concerned to set the picture thus gained in the context of the trade of the Indian Ocean region as a whole, and to relate it to the questions of continuity and change raised by Van Leur.

Piracy and the English Government 1616-1642 - Policy-Making under the Early Stuarts (Hardcover, New Ed): David D. Hebb Piracy and the English Government 1616-1642 - Policy-Making under the Early Stuarts (Hardcover, New Ed)
David D. Hebb
R4,172 Discovery Miles 41 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Piracy and the English Government, 1616-1642, explodes the myth that England was 'a nation of pirates', arguing that the English people were far more often victims of piracy. The costs to the economy and society resulting from piracy, which are critically examined here for the first time, reveal that not only were hundreds of English ships lost to pirates in the period, but an astonishing number of men, women and children (approximately 8,000) were carried away to Barbary by pirates and sold into slavery. The response of the government to these losses, which posed significant political problems for the early Stuart government, are explored and related to broader political concerns and influences.

Thirty Florida Shipwrecks (Paperback, 1st ed): Kevin M. McCarthy Thirty Florida Shipwrecks (Paperback, 1st ed)
Kevin M. McCarthy; Illustrated by William L Trotter
R534 Discovery Miles 5 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

-- Sunken treasure, prison ships, Nazi submarines, the Bermuda triangle
-- Stories of thirty of the most interesting of the thousands of Florida shipwrecks
-- Each shipwreck story has a map pinpointing its location and a full-color painting by renowned artist William L. Trotter

Exploring the Britannic - The Life, Last Voyage and Wreck of Titanic's Tragic Twin (Hardcover): Simon Mills Exploring the Britannic - The Life, Last Voyage and Wreck of Titanic's Tragic Twin (Hardcover)
Simon Mills
R890 R762 Discovery Miles 7 620 Save R128 (14%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Launched in 1914, two years after the ill-fated voyage of her sister ship, RMS Titanic, the Britannic was intended to be superior to her tragic twin in every way. But war intervened and in 1915 she was requisitioned as a hospital ship. Just one year later, while on her way to collect troops wounded in the Balkans campaign, she fell victim to a mine laid by a German U-boat and tragically sank in the middle of the Aegean Sea.

There her wreck lay, at a depth of 400 feet, until it was discovered 59 years later by legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau. In 1996 the wreck was bought by the author of this book, Simon Mills.

Exploring the Britannic tells the complete story of this enigmatic ship: her construction, launch and life, her fateful last voyage, and the historical findings resulting from the exploration of the well-preserved wreck over a period of 40 years. With remarkable sonar scans and many never before seen photographs of the wreck, plus fold-out sections of the original Harland & Wolff ship plans, not previously published in their entirety, Exploring the Britannic finally details how the mysteries surrounding the 100-year-old enigma were laid to rest, and what the future might also hold for her.

Golden Stripes - Leadership on the High Seas (Hardcover): Captain V. S. Parani Golden Stripes - Leadership on the High Seas (Hardcover)
Captain V. S. Parani
R575 Discovery Miles 5 750 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'Inspiring leadership lessons from the sea,' Rear Admiral Robert O. Wray Jr, USN (ret), author of Saltwater LeadershipAlthough merchant ships carry 90% of the world's trade, the mariners who run them have little guidance on leadership. This can result in disasters such as the Titanic, Costa Concordia, the Exxon Valdez, and the recent El Faro. With modern ships being worth several million dollars, seafarers need leadership advice at every level of their career. Golden Stripes, Leadership on the High Seas provides this guidance, and much more.Captain Parani weaves together his rich experience, cutting-edge insights and real-life stories in this book which has already garnered international acclaim. The reader will discover how to run a tight ship; enhance expertise; lead and communicate with a team; implement safety leadership; decide effectively in high-stake situations and be inspired by legendary sailors. It is a practical leadership action plan which can be applied at sea, or in any other workplace, anywhere.Golden Stripes is the first leadership book of its kind, written by a mariner specifically for commercial shipping.The author's experience both on board and from his corporate roles gives him a unique perspective on why, when and how sailors fail or succeed. Important messages are woven around engaging stories, quotes and practical leadership models, making this an indispensable read for all leaders.

Interpreting Maritime History at Museums and Historic Sites (Paperback): Joel Stone Interpreting Maritime History at Museums and Historic Sites (Paperback)
Joel Stone
R1,047 Discovery Miles 10 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Interpreting Maritime History at Museums and Historic Sites lays the groundwork for keeping this heritage alive in museums and historic sites. It provides the broadest spectrum of discussion and direction for those approaching new installations, projects and programming. Highlights of its wide-range include: *Historic vessels and shipbuilding *Freshwater maritime history, including a focus on regionalism *Maritime archaeology, including shipwrecks *Scientific history, including the environment *Recreational history, including rowing, fishing, racing, and cruising *Lighthouses and lifesaving stations

The 'Sailor Prince' in the Age of Empire - Creating a Monarchical Brand in Nineteenth-Century Europe (Hardcover, 1st... The 'Sailor Prince' in the Age of Empire - Creating a Monarchical Brand in Nineteenth-Century Europe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Miriam Magdalena Schneider
R3,229 Discovery Miles 32 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the puzzling phenomenon of the remarkable revival of monarchy in nineteenth-century Europe through a new prism: the public persona of the 'Sailor Prince'. It highlights how four usually overlooked dynastic figures - the younger sons and brothers of monarchs such as Queen Victoria or Emperor William II - decisively helped to advertise their respective dynasties in the fiercely contested political and popular mass market, by aligning them with one of the most myth-invested cultural presences and power-political symbols of the Age of Empire: the navy. The 'Sailor Prince' in the Age of Empire traces the unusual professional careers, the adventurous empire travels and the multifaceted public representations of Prince Alfred of Britain (1844-1900), Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862-1929), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858-1939) and Prince Georgios of Greece (1869-1957). Through the prism of these four personality brands, the study also investigates issues such as the role of the maritime sphere in national identity, the nature and extent of nineteenth-century monarchical modernization, the relevance of intra- and inter-imperial royal diplomacy in the Age of High Imperialism, and the curious collaboration of middle-class opinion-makers and entrepreneurs with Europe's monarchical establishment.

Tidewater Time Capsule - History Beneath the Patuxent (Hardcover): Donald G Shomette Tidewater Time Capsule - History Beneath the Patuxent (Hardcover)
Donald G Shomette
R896 R742 Discovery Miles 7 420 Save R154 (17%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Years ago, few people understood the value of the submerged cultural resources beneath the waters of the Chesapeake region. Recently, the search for the region's underwater heritage has been validated and initiated an intensified attempt to study and preserve the priceless resources in the waters of the bay and its tributaries. Tidewater Time Capsule presents a fascinating account of one underwater archaeological endeavor in which Donald G. Shomette was intimately involved: the underwater survey of the Patuxent River, and, in particular, the search for Commodore Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Flotilla, which was lost beneath the river's waters following a battle with the British during the War of 1812. The author skillfully sets the historical scene, and then proceeds to a first-person, on-the-site narrative of the investigative events as they happened. The Patuxent Project was the first underwater archaeological survey of an entire river system. In this multiphase investigation, archaeologists sought such diverse resources as inundated aboriginal and historic sites, harbor facilities, military establishments, battle sites, shipwrecks, and, in particular, the final resting place of Joshua Barney's famed Chesapeake Flotilla from the War of 1812.

The Black Joke - The True Story of One Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade (Hardcover): A E Rooks The Black Joke - The True Story of One Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade (Hardcover)
A E Rooks
R743 R664 Discovery Miles 6 640 Save R79 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Aurora - A Photographic Journey (Paperback): Chris Frame, Rachelle Cross Aurora - A Photographic Journey (Paperback)
Chris Frame, Rachelle Cross; Contributions by Wesley Dunlop
R606 R537 Discovery Miles 5 370 Save R69 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

One of Britain's most loved cruise ships, Aurora was built by Meyer Werft and entered service in 2000. Named by HRH The Princess Royal, she was specifically designed for the British cruise market. Since entering service her annual world cruises have made her famous all over the world. Aurora's interior spaces are quintessentially British, and pay tribute to the long heritage of the P&O Line. From Anderson's to the Curzon Theatre, Alexandria Restaurant to the Uganda Room, Aurora is a much-loved modern classic. Written and photographed by well-known maritime historians Chris Frame and Rachelle Cross, this beautiful book is a must-have keepsake for anyone who has sailed aboard Aurora as well as those with a love of cruising.

The British Navy in the Baltic (Hardcover): John D. Grainger The British Navy in the Baltic (Hardcover)
John D. Grainger
R2,783 Discovery Miles 27 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Baltic Sea from the earliest times until the twentieth century. This book presents a comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Baltic Sea from the earliest times until the twentieth century. It traces developments from Anglo-Saxon times, through the medieval period when there were frequent disputes between English kings and the Hanseatic League, the seventeenth-century wars with the Dutch, and Britain's involvement in the Northern Wars in the early years of the eighteenth century. It considersin detail the major period of British involvement in the Baltic during the Napoleonic Wars, when the British navy fought the Danes, Napoleon's allies, and was highly effective in ensuring Sweden's neutrality and Russia's change of allegiance. It goes on to discuss British naval actions in the Baltic during the Crimean War and in the First World War and its aftermath. Throughout, the book relates naval actions to patterns of trade, to wider internationalpolitics, and to geographical factors such as winter sea ice and the shallow nature of the Baltic Sea. John D. Grainger is the author of numerous books for a variety of publishers, including five previously published books for Boydell and Brewer, including Dictionary of British Naval Battles and The First Pacific War: Britain and Russia, 1854-56.

Tankers in Trouble - Norwegian Shipping and the Crisis of the 1970s and 1980s (Paperback): Stig Tenold Tankers in Trouble - Norwegian Shipping and the Crisis of the 1970s and 1980s (Paperback)
Stig Tenold
R939 Discovery Miles 9 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Seal Fisheries of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies - An Historical Review (Paperback, illustrated edition): Anthony B... Seal Fisheries of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies - An Historical Review (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Anthony B Dickinson
R934 Discovery Miles 9 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Great American Shipwreck Stories - Lyons Press Classics (Paperback): Tom McCarthy Great American Shipwreck Stories - Lyons Press Classics (Paperback)
Tom McCarthy
R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Great American Shipwreck Stories is a magnificent collection of gripping accounts of a ship's encounter with a great whale or an overwhelming monsoon or a disastrous passage through the Straits of Magellan, leading to a wreck and a crew's harrowing plight for survival on the open seas or on a desert island. Capturing all the elements of ancient and powerful tragedy, this book is chockful of thrilling tales of survival - as well as a frightful examination of man's darkest impulses - which allow the reader a gruesome glimpse behind the veil of honor and bravery that history often ascribes to such men of the sea. These are all stories that have endured the test of time, and have attracted discerning readers for generations. Includes stories by George Byron Merrick, Owen Chase, Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt, Riley Brown, J. S. Ogilvie, Horace Holden, and many others.

Wem gehoert das Meer? (German, Hardcover): Johanna Sackel Wem gehoert das Meer? (German, Hardcover)
Johanna Sackel
R1,848 Discovery Miles 18 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Interpreting Maritime History at Museums and Historic Sites (Hardcover): Joel Stone Interpreting Maritime History at Museums and Historic Sites (Hardcover)
Joel Stone
R2,241 Discovery Miles 22 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Interpreting Maritime History at Museums and Historic Sites lays the groundwork for keeping this heritage alive in museums and historic sites. It provides the broadest spectrum of discussion and direction for those approaching new installations, projects and programming. Highlights of its wide-range include: *Historic vessels and shipbuilding *Freshwater maritime history, including a focus on regionalism *Maritime archaeology, including shipwrecks *Scientific history, including the environment *Recreational history, including rowing, fishing, racing, and cruising *Lighthouses and lifesaving stations

Glossary Of Ancient Egyptian Nautical Terms (Hardcover): Dilwyn Jones Glossary Of Ancient Egyptian Nautical Terms (Hardcover)
Dilwyn Jones
R7,941 Discovery Miles 79 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A study of nautical terms employed from the early dynastic period to Graeco-Roman times. For students of Egyptology and nautical archaeology. Terms included are: titles, ship types, ships parts and equipment, naval installations, verbs, and names. An unattractive book: computer printed with hand-scr

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