Maritime History & Piracy
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Guardians of the Manitou Passage: A Chronicle of Service to Lake Michigan Mariners, 1840-1915
$19.95 Add to cartVoices heard from the dark water: “There’s hope! I think I see a flare! Help will be on the way! Lifesavers are on the shore! Our creaking old schooner will be saved, and we will not drown in the icy
- Author: Hawley, Jonathan P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1954786492
- Language: English
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Blackbeard and Other Pirates of the Atlantic Coast
$18.95 Add to cartThey were bold, arrogant, brutal. They strode the rolling deck of a ship more easily than the tame streets of a town. They were wealthy–some beyond the wildest dreams of the governors and kings who f
- Author: Roberts, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: January 21 1993
- ISBN10: 194946718X
- Language: English
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Workboats for the World: The Robert Allan Story
$99.95 Add to cartAlong the West Coast waterfront and in ship-handling circles around the world, few names are more respected than that of Robert Allan Ltd., the marine architecture firm that has been based in Vancouve
- Author: Allan, Robert G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 155017987X
- Language: English
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The Pirate King: The Strange Adventures of Henry Avery and the Birth of the Golden Age of Piracy
$28.95 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1639365958
- Language: English
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Never Say P*g: The Book of Sailors’ Superstitions
$18.95 Add to cartThe nautical reference book you never knew you needed: a compendium of all superstitions maritime and marine. Learn your A-B-Seas of sailors’ guiding magic and mythos–and why you should never stir yo
- Author: MacDonald, R. Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1550179799
- Language: English
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Blackbeard’s Sunken Prize: The 300-Year Voyage of Queen Anne’s Revenge
$31.95 Add to cartIn 1717, the notorious pirate Blackbeard captured a French slaving vessel off the coast of Martinique and made it his flagship, renaming it Queen Anne’s Revenge. Over the next six months, the heavily … [more below]
- Author: Wilde-Ramsing, Mark U.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 11 2018
- ISBN10: 146964052X
- Language: English
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Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas
$18.99 Add to cartIn the first-ever comprehensive survey of the world’s female buccaneers, Pirate Women tells of the women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside–and sometimes in command of–t… [more below]
- Author: Duncombe, Laura Sook
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1641602228
- Language: English
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The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World
$28.00 Add to cartA monumental retelling of world history through the lens of the sea–revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how go
- Author: Paine, Lincoln
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: October 27 2015
- ISBN10: 1101970359
- Language: English
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The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
$45.99 Add to cartFrom the beginning of history to the present, a sweep of the world’s oceans and seas and how they have shaped the course of civilization.
From the author of the acclaimed The Great Sea, (“Magnificent- Author: Abulafia, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1088
- Publish Date: October 14 2019
- ISBN10: 0199934983
- Language: English
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The Penguin Book of Pirates
$20.00 Add to cartReal-life accounts of the world’s most notorious pirates–both men and women, from the Golden Age of Piracy and beyond–compiled by the New York Times bestselling author of A True Account: Hannah Masu… [more below]
- Author: Howe, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0143137514
- Language: English
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Captain George Vancouver in Alaska and the North Pacific
$26.95 Add to cartTwo of the Northwest Coast’s largest cities and its most prominent island are named after the British explorer, George Vancouver, who is largely unknown despite his unprecedented five-year voyage duri… [more below]
- Author: Barnett, James K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: July 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1578336732
- Language: English
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Eyewitness Titanic
$9.99 Add to cartBecome an eyewitness to the tragic story of the Titanic – from its incredible construction, catastrophic sinking, and lasting legacy.
Travel back to the year 1912 and experience the Titanic’s fateful … [more below]- Series: DK Eyewitness
- Author: DK
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: December 21 2021
- ISBN10: 0744039657
- Language: English
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Fifty Ships That Changed the Course of History: A Nautical History of the World
$19.95 Add to cart“This is a beautiful book, replete with illustrations, photos, diagrams, and maps. The text balances technicality with storytelling, scholarly analysis with entertainment. It’s a sweeping, fascinatin
- Series: Fifty Things That Changed the Course of History
- Author: Graham, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0228103649
- Language: English
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On a Sea of Glass: The Life & Loss of the RMS Titanic
$47.99 Read moreOn the night of 14/15 April 1912, a brandnew, supposedly unsinkable ship, the largest and most luxurious vessel in the world at the time, collided with an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage. Of the… [more below]
- Author: Fitch, Tad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 15 2015
- ISBN10: 144564701X
- Language: English
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Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History’s First Global Manhunt
$18.00 Add to cart“Thoroughly engrossing . . . a spirited, suspenseful, economically told tale whose significance is manifest and whose pace never flags.” —The Wall Street Journal
From The New York Times-bestselling- Author: Johnson, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 0735211612
- Language: English
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Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro
$18.99 Read moreA NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
ONE OF JANET MASLIN’S MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE SUMMER
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR’S CHOICE
ONE OF OUTSIDE MAGAZINE’S BEST BOOKS OF
- Author: Slade, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 0062699873
- Language: English
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Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates
$19.99 Add to cartSet against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the surprising history of American piracy’s “Golden Age” – spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s – when l… [more below]
- Author: Dolin, Eric Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1631496220
- Language: English
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The Life and Tryals of the Gentleman Pirate, Major Stede Bonnet
$14.95 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1646631498
- Language: English
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Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
$40.00 Add to cartDiscover the “fascinating and outrageously readable” account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended in a sensational trial back in England–perfect for re
- Author: Thomson, Keith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 10, 2022
- ISBN10: 0316703613
- Language: English
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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
$35.00 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii, and left a compl… [more below]
- Author: Sides, Hampton
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0385544766
- Language: English
