Maritime history Books
Brepols Publishers Conceptualizing Bronze Age Seascapes: Concepts of
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£101.65
Classiques Garnier Images de PortRoyal
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£999.99
Editions Heimdal U-564: Au cœUr d'Une Mission Du Korvettenkapitän
Book SynopsisÀ partir d’une incroyable collection de photos découverte dans la base sous-marine des U-Boote de Brest à la fin de la guerre, et restée cachée jusqu’à récemment dans une boîte à chaussure, ce livre exceptionnel retrace l’histoire complète d’un U-Boot en mission au cours de l’été 1942. Le sous-marin en question, l’U-564, arbore le célèbre motif à « 3 chats noirs » de « Teddy Suhren » qui, avec Prien et Kretschmer, était l’un des grands commandants d’U-Boot durant la bataille de l’Atlantique. Ce livre remarquable fournit un éclairage unique à la fois sur la vie au jour le jour dans un U-Boot en immersion et sur les rouages complexes de la Kriegsmarine. Au travers des succès et des épreuves de l’U-564, le lecteur est emmené dans cet immense champ de bataille naval qui est peut-être l’un des plus importants théâtres de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
£39.60
Editions Heimdal U-110: Le KapitäNleuntnant Fritz Lemp Et La
Book SynopsisThanks to albums belonging to one of the sailors aboard U-30 and then U-110, the author has been able to reconstruct the path taken by Kapitänleutnant Fritz Lemp and his crew, including the sailor Willi Brohm, and the fate of these submarines, with texts and also pictures. We begin the story with the sailor’s enrolment in 1936 at Cuxhaven, then aboard U-30. Then we take a look at a little-known page of history : the engagement of U-Boots in the Spanish Civil War, after 1937, with photos taken at Cadiz, Seville, Ceuta, Tetuan and the Canary Islands. It was then the beginning of the war with a good report on the U-30 under Captain Lemp. Aboard this submarine, Lemp carried off a series of successes (17 kills) which earned him the Ritterkreuz which he received on 14 August 1940, one of the first awarded to the U-Boot arm. His first engagement and success however were marred by a tragic mistake when he sank the liner Athena causing the death of civilians, including 22 Americans. He was then transferred aboard U-110 whose second patrol ended in tragedy. The submarine was attacked on 9 May 1941 in the North Atlantic. The U-boot was damaged and surfaced; most of the crew evacuated it including the sailor Willi Brohm. Captain Lemp remained aboard, probably intending to scuttle U-110, but British sailors from HMS Bulldog had time to get hold of the Enigma machine the submarine used, which had a considerable effect on the outcome of the war. Fritz Lemp disappeared with his submarine in the waters of the Atlantic. As for Willi Brohm, we follow him into captivity to Canada, with very rare and exceptional photos. A fantastic, historic album gathering together more than 200 photos and documents of which 160 photos from our own archives ; various documents are unpublished. Text in French.
£40.50
Bohlau Verlag Sea Spots: Perzeption und Repräsentation
Book SynopsisIn der Zeit um 1600 unternahmen die aufsteigenden Seemächte England und Niederlande Expeditionen in ferne Gewässer der Arktis und der Südsee oder versuchten, die Welt via Magellanstrasse zu umsegeln. Meer und Schiff wurden dabei zu Kontaktzonen wie auch zu Orten der Imagination und der Wissensproduktion. Die Explorationsfahrten der europäischen Seemächte um 1600 brachten eine Fülle an Texten, Bildern und kartografischen Werken hervor, in welchen Erlebnis und Wahrnehmung der besegelten Gebieten sowie Vorstellungen darüber verarbeitet wurden. In ihrem Buch stellt die Autorin die These auf, dass dabei nicht nur terrestrische und insulare Zielpunkte der Reisen festgehalten und verzeichnet wurden, sondern insbesondere auch neue maritime Räume mit ihren ihnen je eigenen Qualitäten Aufnahme in den Imaginationsschatz und das zeitgenössische Wissenskorpus fanden. Im Kontext kolonialer Konkurrenzen zwischen bestehenden und neu aufsteigenden Seemächten entstanden wirkungsmächtige maritime Bedeutungsräume sea spots , über die Ansprüche, Identität, Ängste und Macht debattiert und ausgehandelt wurden. Die Autorin verhandelt die See als differenzierten, mosaikartigen Raum, der aus einem Punkte-Raster (tatsächlicher wie auch imaginierter und projizierter) imperialer Präsenz bestand, und verdeutlicht damit die Wichtigkeit maritimer Räume im Kontext des frühneuzeitlichen Expansionsgeschehens.
£54.49
Bohlau Verlag Das Meer. Maritime Welten in der Frühen Neuzeit:
Book SynopsisIn der Frühen Neuzeit war das Meer zugleich Ressource und Gefahr. Es war Transportweg, Kontaktzone und Konfliktarena: Fernhandel, Seekriege und Migration prägten selbst küstenferne Regionen, auf lokaler wie auf globaler Ebene. Der Weg über das Meer eröffnete auch innerhalb Europas neue Horizonte. Der Band fragt nach Wahrnehmungen, Vorstellungen und Erfahrungen von Menschen, die am Meer, auf dem Meer und vom Meer lebten. Er fragt nach Deutungsmustern, mit denen sie ihr Verhältnis zum Meer bestimmten und nach Praktiken und Strategien, die sie im Umgang mit ihm entwickelten. Er fragt nach Reichweite und Einfluss maritimer Welten und nach ökonomischen, ökologischen, politischen, sozialen und kulturellen Vernetzungen. Er fragt nach Transfers und Wechselwirkungen maritimer Aktivitäten. Alle diese Fragen rücken gerade das in den Mittelpunkt, was zwischen den landbasierten Machtzentren lag. Der Band bestimmt damit die Frühe Neuzeit als maritime Epoche.
£108.16
Harrassowitz Beyond the Silk Roads: New Discourses on China's
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£999.99
Harrassowitz Auf Segelbeflugelten Schiffen Das Meer Befahren:
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£118.75
Harrassowitz Jahrbuch Fur Europaische Uberseegeschichte 18
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£999.99
Harrassowitz Seewege Und Kustenlinien: Maritime Welten in Der
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£999.99
Brill U Schoningh Thalassokratien Im Mittelalter
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£122.55
Zaphon Trade and Seafaring in Antiquity: Red Sea -
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£107.35
Bauernfeind Press USS Arizona: The Enduring Legacy of a Battleship
Book SynopsisThis lavishly illustrated and very personal book covers the history of the battleship USS Arizona from her launch to her loss on December 7, 1941 when she was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Learn about the ship’s enduring legacy firsthand as told by survivors, historians, enemies, sons of admirals, and people who have a personal connection to the Arizona. Moreover, this book provides a detailed examination of the Arizona’s wreck by archaeologists of the National Parks Service looking for ways to preserve her for the future. Learn about the tribute given by presidents and foreign dignitaries in order to honor Arizona’s fallen crew. The book includes a download video with oral histories Arizona survivors as well as narrated underwater footage of the wreck.Trade Review'Going from my first reaction to seeing this book, it is a stunner….Throughout this first half of the book there are some superb archive photos of the Arizona, showing her life before that fatal day in 1941. An amazing collection of images and memories... It even includes three QR codes which you can scan with your phone to view video footage of veterans memories and video from the sunken hull today. As I said at the outset, stunning.' * Military Model Scene *A splendid pictorial review of an iconic battleship… This book, with its superb collection of photographs provides a magnificent tribute to the USS Arizona. * Scuttlebutt 12/06/2020 *
£21.95
Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian Majsak The Japanese Battleship Musashi
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£24.22
Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian Majsak Naval Archives Volume Iv
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£15.19
Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian Majsak The Cruiser Moskva
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£18.00
Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza The Russian Destroyer Spravedlivyy
Book SynopsisThe destroyer Spravedlivyy was constructed in the Severniy Sudostroitelniy Zavod imeni A.A. Zhdanova (Shipyard No. 190) in 1954–1956 as one of 27 Project 56 destroyers, also known as the Spokoinyy class (designated Kotlin by NATO). They were destroyers in the old fashion, created in the early 1950s by designers of the 53rd Central Design Bureau (CKB-53) led by head designer A.L. Fisher, who was also the author of Project 30bis (NATO: Skoryy-class).Trade ReviewThis book contains plenty to interest the naval ‘buff’ and the scale model-maker who has enough information to scratchbuild or to improve a kit. Recommended. * Scale Military Modelling International Magazine 04/02/2019 *This is another great edition to the Kagero range. * Editor - Model Boat World 10/07/2019 *Being in colour, the reference value for modellers is simply excellent, showing detail of every element of the ship. * Military Model Scene 01/03/2019 *
£25.17
Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza The Japanese Destroyer Suzutsuki
Book SynopsisSuzutsuki was the third ship from the series of the most powerful Akizuka destroyers, designed specifically as anti-aircraft defenseships, whose main armament consisted of 8 universal 100 mm caliber guns with excellent ballistic characteristics. The Akizuki destroyers were designed before the beginning of World War II as anti-aircraft ships for fast Japanese groups of aircraft carriers. They were completely different from the previous Japanese destroyers, in which the emphasis was put on strong artillery (127 mm guns) and torpedo armament. They were inspired by the British Dido class light anti-aircraft cruisers, however, in contrast with them, the Akizuki destroyers were medium size ships intended for anti-aircraft defense of groups of fleet.Trade Review...full of worthwhile source material for those looking to detail and enhance their model. * Model Shipwrights 21/12/2022 *This book is intensely focused on modeler’s needs for building this ship in any scale. As usual, the B&W drawings in the book and the foldout in 1/200 or larger scale are clean, simple, detailed and accurate. * IPMS USA 14/12/2022 *If you need reference for this vessel or indeed wish to scratch the vessel this is the book to seek out for the task. * Armorama 04/03/2019 *Once again, Kagero have supplied a vast amount of information, not usually available visually in photographs by using the CGI format. * Scale Military Modelling International Magazine 11/03/2019 *These are a pair of superb reference books which I highly recommend. * Editor - Model Boat World 29/04/2019 *
£26.06
Viella Editrice Infelice E Sventuratta Coca Querina: I Racconti
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£999.99
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Porti Medioadriatici: Politiche Marittime,
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£222.30
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Nautica Antica: Itinerari Nel Mondo Della
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£164.35
NUS Press Boundaries and Beyond Chinas Maritime Southeast
Book SynopsisUsing the concept of boundaries, physical and cultural, to understand the development of China’s maritime southeast in late Imperial times, and its interactions across maritime East Asia and the broader Asian Seas, these linked essays by a senior scholar in the field challenge the usual readings of Chinese history from the centre.
£999.99
NUS Press Iranun and Balangingi: Globalisation, Maritime
Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is to explore ethnic, cultural and material changes in the transformative history(s) of oceans and seas, commodities and populations, mariners and ships and raiders and refugees in Southeast Asia, with particular reference to the Sulu-Mindanao region, or the ""Sulu Zone"".
£999.99
Casemate Publishers The Bradley Collection
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£19.99
