Maritime History & Piracy
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Batavia’s Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History’s Bloodiest Mutiny
$17.00 Add to cartIn 1628 the Dutch East India Company loaded the Batavia, the flagship of its fleet, with a king’s ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java; the ship itself was a tangible symbol … [more below]
- Author: Dash, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 27 2003
- ISBN10: 0609807161
- Language: English
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Wrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific
$29.95 Add to cartA provocative retelling of shipwreck tales from the Northwest Coast
The Northwest Coast of North America is a treacherous place. Unforgiving coastlines, powerful currents, unpredictable weather, and
- Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Western History and Biography
- Author: Thrush, Coll
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0295753765
- Language: English
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Lost Loot: Cursed Treasures and Blood Money
$22.95 Read moreLegendary treasures. Mythical robberies. Lost riches. Buried plunder and fabulous wealth. Hidden dangers. Ancient curses and deathbed jinxes. Captivating tales of lost fortunes, hidden caches, the ete
- Author: Willis, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1578598559
- Language: English
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The Pirate King: The Strange Adventures of Henry Avery and the Birth of the Golden Age of Piracy
$19.95 Add to cartThe incredible story of the “Robin Hood of the Seas,” who absconded with millions during the Golden Age of Piracy and who harbored an even greater secret.
Henry Avery of Devon pillaged a fortune from- Author: Kingsley, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1639368736
- Language: English
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Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea
$33.00 Add to cartA definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad’s long-overlooked maritime origins, from a pre-eminent scholar of Atlantic history and the award-winning author of The Slave Ship
As many as- Author: Rediker, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 525558349
- Language: English
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The Six: The Untold Story of the Titanic’s Chinese Survivors
$29.95 Add to cartA moving exploration of the origins and fate of the little-known Chinese passengers aboard the Titanic–and how they survived against all odds.
When RMS Titanic sank on a cold night in 1912, barely se- Author: Schwankert, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1639368671
- Language: English
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The Gulf of Mexico: A Maritime History
$29.99 Add to cartThe Gulf of Mexico presents a compelling, salt-streaked narrative of the earth’s tenth largest body of water. In this beautifully written and illustrated volume, John S. Sledge explores the people, sh
- Author: Sledge, John S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1643360140
- Language: English
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The Life and Tryals of the Gentleman Pirate, Major Stede Bonnet
$25.95 Add to cartAn heir to an established land-owning aristocratic family in Barbados, Major Stede Bonnet enjoyed luxuries equal to those of the finest houses in London. “A Gentleman of good Reputation” and a “Master… [more below]
- Author: Moss, Jeremy R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 164663151X
- Language: English
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The Pirates’ Code: Laws and Life Aboard Ship
$17.00 Add to cartFall captive to the code–the real-life buccaneer bylaws that shaped every aspect of a pirate’s life.
Pirates have long captured our imaginations with images of cutlass-wielding swashbucklers, eye p- Author: Simon, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1789149452
- Language: English
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The Last True Clipper: Western Shore – the Oregon Clipper
$15.00 Add to cartThe last United States-built clipper ship was constructed in 1874 in the small shipbuilding town of North Bend Oregon. Hailed for its record-breaking speed from Astoria to Liverpool, its journeys ende
- Author: Wagner, Dick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 58
- Publish Date: September 06 2024
- ISBN10: 9.79833E+12
- Language: English
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Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy’s Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation
$19.00 Add to cartA “compelling” (The Wall Street Journal) account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy–a little-known but once notorious event that cost three young men their lives–part murder… [more below]
- Author: Snow, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1982185457
- Language: English
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Ship of Lost Souls: The Tragic Wreck of the Steamship Valencia
$32.95 Add to cartOf all the stories of ships lost in what has come to be called the “Graveyard of the Pacific,” that of the steamship Valencia is among the saddest. In January 1906, the Valencia set out from San Franc
- Author: Scher, Rod
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1493081357
- Language: English
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Endurance: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Legendary Ship
$50.00 Add to cartThis is the amazing story in words and images of the historic discovery of the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, deep beneath the ice of Antarctica.
In March 2022, an international polar expedit- Author: Shears, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1426223838
- Language: English
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Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777
$34.95 Add to cartWinner, 2024 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award
The fighting prowess of United States Marines is second to none, but few know of the Corps’ humble beginnings and what it achieved during the early years … [more below]
- Author: Bohm, Jason Q.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: May 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1611216265
- Language: English
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Lighthouses of New England: From Maine to Long Island Sound
$22.95 Read moreNew England Lighthouses is a fascinating guide to the most significant lighthouses in New England, including the country’s oldest lighthouse, Boston Light. Through stirring historic accounts and stunn… [more below]
- Author: Jones, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493047264
- Language: English
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November’s Fury: The Deadly Great Lakes Hurricane of 1913
$16.95 Add to cartOn Thursday, November 6, the Detroit News forecasted “moderate to brisk” winds for the Great Lakes. On Friday, the Port Huron Times-Herald predicted a “moderately severe” storm. Hourly the warnings be
- Author: Schumacher, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 081668720X
- Language: English
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Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus
$35.00 Add to cartA magisterial cultural history of the Atlantic Ocean before Columbus, ranging from the early shaping of the continents and the emergence of homo sapiens to the story of shipbuilding, navigation, marit… [more below]
- Author: Haywood, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367667
- Language: English
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The Art of Naval Portraiture
$45.00 Read morePortraiture has long been an important tool for creating, supporting and challenging notions of identity. This book will explore individual and collective identities within naval portraiture and how t… [more below]
- Author: Gazzard, Katherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1739154207
- Language: English
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Sails, Skippers & Sextants: A History of Sailing in 50 Inventors and Innovations
$28.99 Read more‘The inventions, the innovations, the stories, the surprises. A combination of history, reference and entertainment – something for every seafarer and many others too.’ – Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence
- Author: Drower, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0750995734
- Language: English
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The Magnificent Boat: The Colonial Theft of a South Seas Cultural Treasure
$29.95 Read moreFrom an eminent and provocative historian, a wrenching parable of the ravages of colonialism in the South Pacific.
Countless museums in the West have been criticized for their looted treasures, but fe- Author: Aly, Götz
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0674276574
- Language: English
