This book responds to the increasing interest of maritime historians in the study of ports. These enclaves offer significant insights into a variety...
The ancient but isolated town of Whitby has made a huge contribution to the maritime history of Britain: Captain Cook learned sailing and navigation...
How important has the sea been in the development of human history? Very important indeed is the conclusion of this ground-breaking four volume work...
For hundreds of years the keelmen, the "keel lads o' coaly Tyne" celebrated in the north-east folk song "The Keel Row", ferried coal down-river to the...
This book examines successive campaigns fought by reformers to improve seamen's health and fitness, sometimes aided by, often opposed by...
Most books on the colonisation of India view the subject in Eurocentric imperial terms, focusing on the ways in which European powers competed with...
Awarded the prestigious Anderson Medal by the Society for Nautical Research for the best volume published on an aspect of maritime history for 2010....
This book describes naval warfare during the opening phase of the Hundred Years War, a vital period in the development of the early Royal Navy, in...