Maritime history Books
Manohar Publishers and Distributors Mariners, Merchants and Oceans: Studies in
Book SynopsisThe migration of people from one nation to other, the inter-continental transfer of culture, the contribution of European renegades and exiles to the Asian economy and that of Asians to African life are discussed succinctly.
£33.74
Manohar Publishers and Distributors Portuguese Cochin and the Maritime Trade of India
Book SynopsisThe extent of Portuguese penetration into far-flung production centres and hinterland is also studied to see how far the inland territories were incorporated by the Portuguese through the window of Cochin for their overseas commerce and empire building ventures.
£31.12
Pentagon Press Maritime Power Building: New 'Mantra' for China's
Book SynopsisThe growth of China's maritime prowess has been a key facet marking the ascendency of its comprehensive national power. A fact amply indicated both by the articulation of the Chinese leadership and empirical evidences, it flows from Beijing's realisation of the growing salience of the oceanic realm and the attendant imperative of being strong at sea for China to attain the status of a global power. In recent years, the scale and speed with which, the erstwhile continental power has accreted all facets of its maritime capacity- both civilian and military - has surpassed the best practitioners of the 'maritime trade-craft', worldwide. In this book titled 'Maritime Power Building: New 'Mantra for China's Rise', 'Mantra' is an Indian word denoting a sacred utterance, believed to have spiritual power. The book is a collective endeavour of India's National Maritime Foundation (NMF) and the U.S. Centre of Naval Analysis (CNA). It seeks to collate the academic efforts and perspectives of the two premier maritime think-tanks located on the opposite sides of the globe to examine and extrapolate China's approach to maritime power building. A key facet addressed is the modernisation of the PLA Navy, which is the final arbiter and preserver of China's maritime and overseas interests in the extended Indo-Pacific region. The book is aimed at facilitating an understanding of the opportunities and challenges of China's rise as a maritime power for the region in particular, and for the world at large.
£29.21
Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza Yahagi. Japanese Light Cruiser 1942-1945
Book SynopsisYahagi, the second Japanese warship of that name, was the third of the four Agano-class vessels (the other three being Agano, Noshiro and Sakawa). Construction of the Agano-class cruisers was approved by the Japanese parliament (Diet) in March 1939 under the Fourth Naval Armaments Enhancement Program (Dai-Yon-Ji Kaigun Gunbi Jūjitsu Keikaku), also known as “Four-in-Circle” Program (Maru Yon Keikaku), or simply Maru 4. Under the terms of the program, the four light cruisers (kei jun’yōkan), also referred to as type B cruisers (otsu-gata jun’yōkan, or simply otsu jun) and officially classed as second-class cruisers (ni-tō jun’yōkan), were to fulfill the role of destroyer squadron flagships. At that time destroyer squadrons (DesRon), called literarily torpedo squadrons (suirai sentai), consisted of four four-ship destroyer divisions (DesDiv, or kuchiku-tai).Trade ReviewIf you’re building the Yahagi in any scale then this is the only reference book you need. * Model Builder International *
£16.15
Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian Majsak The Japanese Battleship Musashi
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Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian Majsak The Japanese Battleship Fuso
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Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian Majsak Akizuki the Japanese Destroyer
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£17.00
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
Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian Majsak The Italian Battleship Littorio
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£25.16
Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian Majsak The Greek Armored Cruiser Georgios Averof
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£25.16
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
Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza The Japanese Battleship Kirishima 1940
Book SynopsisIn 1902, Japan signed an Alliance Pact with Britain, which was then a leading sea power. It ordered modern ships at British shipyards, and Japanese shipyards were to co-operate. After the new class of battlecruisers had emerged, Japan decided to design them for its navy. They were to be ships with a displacement of 19,000 tons and a main armament of 305 mm calibre guns. However, with the news that the British were working on a new design of the LION class cruiser with 343 mm main armament, work on the Japanese project was discontinued. An agreement was signed with the Vickers shipyard for the design and construction of new ships. The design of the LION cruiser was significantly improved by Vickers in co-operation with the Japanese Navy Technical Department. The new project’s main armament envisaged 356 mm guns not used before and developed by Vickers. Medium gun calibre was increased from 102 mm to 152 mm. The power unit was left as on the LION class. Four ships were ordered. The first, KONGO, was built at Vickers’ shipyard, the others were to be built in Japan. KIRISHIMA was built at the Mitsubishi shipyard in Yokosuka. Keel laying – 17 March 1912, launching – 1 December 1913, commissioned on 19 April 1915.
£22.91
Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza The German Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen
Book SynopsisThe German heavy cruiser PRINZ EUGEN was an enlarged version of the Admiral Hipper class ships. The keel was laid on 23 April 1936, she was launched on 22 August 1938, and commissioned on 1 August 1940. She took part in the first mission of the battleship BISMARCK, during which they sank the British battlecruiser HMS HOOD. Having split with BISMARCK, PRINZ EUGEN was supposed to commence hunting the Allied convoys, but due to engine failure she sailed back to France. Once repaired, she participated in Operation “Cerberus” - the passage of German ships from France to Germany through English Channel.Trade ReviewCompleting the package, the back cover includes a full-colour profile, although no time period is referenced for the two-tone grey livery. As such, the breadth and clarity of the images mean this is a superb guide to getting details on a Prinz Eugen model just right. * Airfix Model World *
£16.00
Wydawnictwo STRATUS, Artur Juszczak Austro-Italian Naval War 1866
Book SynopsisThis new book covers the Austro-Italian Naval War 1866 a little-known part of late 19th C naval history.The Battle of Lissa took place on 20 July 1866. It was the first major sea battle between ironclads and one of the last to involve deliberate ramming.The background, operations and outcomes are described in detail. All the ships involved, both Austrian and Italian, are described and illustrated with full technical specifications. Profusely illustrated with scale drawings and photos.
£21.25
Editorial Universidad de Cantabria La ciudad portuaria atlntica en la historia
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£22.28
Editorial Renacimiento Marineros piratas y corsarios catalanes en la
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£14.09
University Press of Southern Denmark Two Hundred Days: My time as Commander of
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£20.66
Museum Tusculanum Press The Sound Toll at Elsinore: Politics, Shipping
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£63.19
Viking Ship Museum Large Cargo Ships in Danish Waters 1000-1250
Book Synopsis“A wealthy man in Denmark, citizen of the town of Schleswig, built a large ship at great expense. And the king of the country decided to join company and take part in the profits. And after he had made good half of the costs, he owned a corresponding part of the ship …”The medieval Hanseatic merchants are famous for their maritime trade network, which extended across Northern Europe from the 13th century onward. The rare quote above sheds light on a less known period, beginning in the late Viking Age, when large, elegant cargo ships were built and sailed across the sea by Scandinavian merchants.This volume presents the earliest archaeological evidence for specialised merchant seafaring in Danish waters. The cargo ship-finds of Eltang Vig, Lynæs, Karschau and Haderslev are explored in detail in order to illuminate the technology and style of a dynamic age of maritime enterprise and cultural transformation.
£79.37
Viking Ship Museum Viking Age War Fleets: Shipbuilding, resource
Book SynopsisThe military operations of Scandinavian societies in the Viking Age depended on their ships. Different types of ships were used in order to transport troops and war supplies. Some ships were designed to conduct the speedy transport of large numbers of troops, while others were specialised cargo vessels used in military operations as carriers of supplies and sometimes troops as well. This book examines the building and use of ships for warfare in 11th century Denmark. The subjects are addressed through detailed analyses of aspects such as resources, organisational structures and naval warfare. The outcomes are a more informed understanding of 11th century Scandinavian military organisation, shipbuilding and resource management.Trade ReviewThis study reveals, by careful research and analysis based largely on reconstructive archaeology, the full implications of creating, maintaining, and operating war-fleets during the Viking era... The argument is detailed, and might have been tedious had not skilful use been made of tabulated data to lighten and clarify the text. As a result it is a rewarding read with a thought-provoking message, with the tables readily to hand for those who wish to delve more deeply into the evidence. There are two appendices, a glossary, extensive footnotes, and a very full bibliography. * International Journal of Nautical Archaeology *
£40.50
NIAS Press The UP Saga
Book SynopsisHistories of the plantations sector in Malaysia have largely focused on the rubber industry and on the rise and fall of big British-owned colonial enterprises. But since independence, the sector has entered a new phase of spectacular growth founded on the oil palm. This volume offers a radically different history of a firm which spans both eras. The fascinating story of United Plantations Berhad (UP) highlights a Scandinavian-founded firm that evolved along quite different lines from the normal models of British imperial business. Tracing the company's origins before the First World War, it describes the crisis years of economic depression and Japanese occupation then on to the years of spectacular growth which has lasted since the time of the Emergency and Merdeka right up to the present day. The success of this firm - based not just on an extraordinary combination of agricultural, engineering and marketing innovation but also on the company's engagement and commitment to its local environment - provides a glowing example of a partnership between Europeans and Asians which has benefited both sides.
£26.06
Viella Editrice Infelice E Sventuratta Coca Querina: I Racconti
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£23.00
White Star Historical Sea Charts: Visions and Voyages
Book SynopsisThis book shows the history of charts and nautical maps from the earliest known examples to the one used in the Twentieth Century, with a special focus on the map makers and the methods of use from 1300 to 1900. The maps included are part of the collection owned by Barry Lawrence Rudeman Antique Maps Inc., the world leader institution for nautical maps. The reader can find in this book the most indicative of trends and ideas through time. For each example in the volume, the reader will find out how the maps where designed and created, as well as how they were used during navigation or in preparation of the journey.
£25.50
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
Brill Empires of the Sea: Maritime Power Networks in
Book SynopsisEmpires of the Sea brings together studies of maritime empires from the Bronze Age to the Eighteenth Century. The volume aims to establish maritime empires as a category for the (comparative) study of premodern empires, and from a partly ‘non-western’ perspective. The book includes contributions on Mycenaean sea power, Classical Athens, the ancient Thebans, Ptolemaic Egypt, The Genoese Empire, power networks of the Vikings, the medieval Danish Empire, the Baltic empire of Ancien Régime Sweden, the early modern Indian Ocean, the Melaka Empire, the (non-European aspects of the) Portuguese Empire and Dutch East India Company, and the Pirates of Caribbean.Trade Review"I highly recommend Empires of the Sea to ancient historians studying Mediterranean empires. Altogether, the volume should act as a gateway for historians to think comparatively and to challenge what we take for granted about Greco-Roman imperialism." - Tim Sorg, in: BMCR 2020.05.21 ''Insgesamt bietet der Band einen gelungenen Überblick über die vielfältigen Erscheinungsformen maritim basierter Hegemonien und Reichsbildungen von der mykenischen Epoche bis in die globale Frühe Neuzeit, der Spezialistinnen und Spezialisten aller darin vertretenen historischen Epochen empfohlen werden kann. Wenngleich bestimme Aspekte häufiger thematisiert werden (Netzwerke, ökonomische Interessen, overlap verschiedener Einflusssphären) und so Vergleiche und den Blick auf Kontinuitäten erlauben, so ist der Band als Ganzes eher ein Zeugnis der historischen Vielfalt denn der Homogenität maritim orientierter Politik.Insgesamt bietet der Band einen gelungenen Überblick über die vielfältigen Erscheinungsformen maritim basierter Hegemonien und Reichsbildungen von der mykenischen Epoche bis in die globale Frühe Neuzeit, der Spezialistinnen und Spezialisten aller darin vertretenen historischen Epochen empfohlen werden kann. Wenngleich bestimme Aspekte häufiger thematisiert werden (Netzwerke, ökonomische Interessen, overlap verschiedener Einflusssphären) und so Vergleiche und den Blick auf Kontinuitäten erlauben, so ist der Band als Ganzes eher ein Zeugnis der historischen Vielfalt denn der Homogenität maritim orientierter Politik.'' - Hans Kopp, in: Urbis Terrarum vol.19: 326-329 (2021)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction: Maritime Empires in World History Rolf Strootman Part 1 The Middle Sea 2 A Thousand Black Ships: Maritime Trade, Diplomatic Relations, and the Rise of Mycenae Jorrit M. Kelder 3 The “First Athenian Empire”? Athenian Overseas Interests in the Archaic Period Floris van den Eijnde 4 Contested Hegemonies: Thebes, Athens and Persia in the Aegean of the 360s Roy van Wijk 5 The Ptolemaic Sea Empire Rolf Strootman 6 The Republic of Genoa and Its Maritime Empire Thomas Kirk Part 2 The Northern Seas 7 Linguistics of Contact in the Northern Seas Marco Mostert 8 Medieval Denmark as a Maritime Empire Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm 9 Seventeenth-Century Sweden and the Dominium Maris Baltici – A Maritime Empire? Olaf Mörke Part 3 The Oceans 10 Early Modern European Mercantilism and Indian Ocean Trade Anjana Singh 11 The Melaka Empire, c. 1400–1528 Peter Borschberg 12 The Portuguese Maritime Empire: Global Nodes and Transnational Networks Catia Antunes 13 The Asian Foundations of the Dutch Thalassocracy: Creative Absorption and the Company Empire in Asia Remco Raben 14 Pirate Networks in the Caribbean Kris Lane Index
£118.56
Brill China and the Silk Roads (ca. 100 BCE to 1800
Book SynopsisThe book investigates China’s relations to the outside world between ca. 100 BCE and 1800 CE. In contrast to most histories of the Silk Roads, the focus of this book clearly lies on the maritime Silk Road and on the period between Tang and high Qing, selecting aspects that have so far been neglected in research on the history of China’s relations with the outside world.
£160.53
Brill Onassis Business History, 1924—1975
Book SynopsisAristotle Onassis was the most famous shipowner of the twentieth century. He became the archetype and image of the ship-owning magnate, the symbol of Greek enterprise on a global scale. What distinguished him from the rest was that he created the shipping business of the new global era, combining the European maritime tradition and the American institutions and resources. Almost all books written on Onassis focus on his lifestyle and personal life. This is the first book examining all aspects of his multi-faceted global business activities in the shipping, airline and oil industries. It is based on the newly-formed Onassis Archive comprising thousands of new and unpublished files of his core business. Contributors are: Alexandra Papadopoulou, Amalia Pappa, Maria Damilakou, Lars Scholl, and Christos Tsakas.Table of ContentsContents Foreword Anthony S. Papadimitriou Prologue and Acknowledgements Gelina Harlaftis List of Tables List of Figures, Maps and Images Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction Gelina Harlaftis 1 The Onassis Family: Family and Business Network Gelina Harlaftis 2 The Business Career of Aristotle Onassis, 1924–1975 Gelina Harlaftis 3 Onassis in Argentina (1923–1940): The Shaping of an Entrepreneur Maria Damilakou 4 The ‘Onassiada’: The Conflict with the Greek Shipowning Establishment Gelina Harlaftis 5 The Great Innovation: The Offshore Empire Gelina Harlaftis 6 Onassis’s People: ‘Business Family’, Administration and Management Gelina Harlaftis 7 Tankers, Oil, and Money: Innovation in Shipbuilding and Finance Gelina Harlaftis 8 Whaling in the Southern Seas and Antarctica Lars Scholl 9 ‘Game History’: The Conflict with the United States Gelina Harlaftis 10 Olympic Airways, 1956–1974, Part 1 Alexandra Papadopoulou 11 OMEGA Industrial Investments SA Christos Tsakas 12 World-Wide Mobility, Political Networking and Sociability Gelina Harlaftis 13 After Onassis. The Onassis Shipping Group from 1975 to the Present Gelina Harlaftis 14 The Archive of the Aristotle Onassis Enterprises: ‘Underway’ Amalia Pappa, Alexandra Papadopoulou and Gelina Harlaftis Appendices Bibliography Index
£194.40
Nordic Academic Press Vasa II: Part 1. Martnet, whipstaff, and
Book SynopsisWhen Vasa was raised in 1961 a lost world was revealed in astonishing detail. Among the most remarkable finds were the remains of the rigging. Normally shipwrecks offer only a few clues to the structure above the waterline, but on Vasa the lower masts, a myriad of blocks and deadeyes, hundreds of metres of rope and cable and – most astonishingly – nine sails from the ship and its boat survive. The unique finds provide an unparalleled opportunity to reconstruct the rigging in detail and to form an understanding of how ships were sailed in the seventeenth century. With a sail plan, rigging, and steering gear that are substantially different to the classical full-rigged ship of the nineteenth century, the evidence from Vasa paints a vivid picture of ship-handling in the Age of Sail. Vasa II Part 1 presents more than a thousand finds of wood, metal, and cloth from the most complete rig to survive from before 1800, which form the basis for a complete reconstruction of the rig and sailing performance of a large warship of the 1620s.
£67.50
Manohar Publishers and Distributors Valiant Voyaging: A Short History Of The British
Book SynopsisHowever after the opening of the Suez Canal, it faced stiff competition. By the end of its career it owned almost 500 ships and managed 150 for other liners. This book is a short history of the Company during the Second World War from 1939 to 1945.
£37.04
Manohar Publishers and Distributors The Route to European Hegemony: India's
Book SynopsisThe mechanism and implications of Europe's sustained engagement in Intra-Asian trade, need to be analysed as an essential context to the establishment of colonial empires. India, concentric to Indian Ocean trade, became the âJewel in the Crownâ.
£55.58
Uitgeverij de Kunst Sunken Treasures: Discoveries in shipwrecks from
Book SynopsisThe book presents and describes the treasures hidden away in centuries-old shipwrecks: visible treasures like Chinese porcelain, as well as invisible treasures in the form of new knowledge revealed by the ships and their cargos. The stories of seven shipwrecks not only paint a picture of the Maritime Silk Road but also of the development of maritime archaeology in the Netherlands and in Asia. Text in English and Dutch.
£25.46
Amsterdam University Press Encountering Water in Early Modern Europe and
Book SynopsisBoth the Christian Bible and Aristotle’s works suggest that water should entirely flood the earth. Though many ancient, medieval, and early modern Europeans relied on these works to understand and explore the relationships between water and earth, sixteenth-century Europeans particularly were especially concerned with why dry land existed. This book investigates why they were so interested in water’s failure to submerge the earth when their predecessors had not been. Analyzing biblical commentaries as well as natural philosophical, geographical, and cosmographical texts from these periods, Lindsay Starkey shows that European sea voyages to the southern hemisphere combined with the traditional methods of European scholarship and religious reformations led sixteenth-century Europeans to reinterpret water and earth’s ontological and spatial relationships. The manner in which they did so also sheds light on how we can respond to our current water crisis before it is too late.Trade Review"Of the four elements that classical philosophy—and subsequently the hermeneutics of the Judaeo-Christian tradition—saw as forming the essence of life on Earth, water has undoubtedly received the greatest attention in both scientific and religious-philosophical writings. This fact is clearly demonstrated by Lindsay Starkey in Encountering Water in Early Modern Europe and Beyond. [...] Adopting a convincing line of argument, Starkey says that from the sixteenth century onwards there has been a shift away from a philosophical-religious approach to one that is more practical, discussing water more in terms of human activities (in particular, voyages of geographical discovery)."- Salvatore Ciriacono, Università degli Studi di Padova, Renaissance and Reformation 44.1 (Winter 2021) "Through the long-term approach, Starkey presents a novel and informative overview of developments in European intellectual thought over the course of a millennium and a half. [...] Encountering Water in Early Modern Europe and Beyond is evidence of the important insights that can be gained through covering long time periods. The book is also an important contribution to the discussion of how people have understood their environment throughout history and adds to our understanding of early-modern world views." - Charlotta Forss, Imago Mundi, Vol. 74, Pt. 1Table of ContentsIntroduction: Why Water? Chapter 1: Athens and Jerusalem on Water Part I: Water in Exegetical, Natural Philosophical, Cosmographical, and Geographical Texts from circa 1000-1600 Chapter 2: Gathering Water in Exegetical Texts Chapter 3: Defining Water in Natural Philosophical Texts Chapter 4: Describing and Depicting Water in Cosmographical and Geographical Texts Part II: Why Water Chapter 5: Water in Newly Rediscovered Ancient and Medieval Texts Chapter 6: Exploring the Created Universe through Water Chapter 7: Sea Voyages and the Water-Earth Relationship Afterword: The Redefinition of the Universe and the Twenty-First-Century Water Crisis Bibliography Index
£107.35
Amsterdam University Press Art and Ocean Objects of Early Modern Eurasia:
Book SynopsisDuring the early modern period, objects of maritime material culture were removed from their places of origin and traded, collected and displayed worldwide. Focusing on shells and pearls exchanged within local and global networks, this monograph compares and connects Asian, in particular Chinese, and European practices of oceanic exploitation in the framework of a transcultural history of art with an understanding of maritime material culture as gendered. Perceiving the ocean as mother of all things, as womb and birthplace, Chinese and European artists and collectors exoticized and eroticized shells’ shapes and surfaces. Defining China and Europe as spaces entangled with South and Southeast Asian sites of knowledge production, source and supply between 1500 and 1700, the book understands oceanic goods and maritime networks as transcending and subverting territorial and topographical boundaries. It also links the study of globally connected port cities to local ecologies of oceanic exploitation and creative practices.Trade Review"This fascinating study is meticulously researched and presented with verve. Anna Grasskamp is a rare scholar who is equally conversant with the European archives and the Chinese ones. Her examination of shells and other maritime organisms as collectible transcultural objects casts new light on these objects, and reveals attitudes towards alien creatures, faraway places, and the natural world that are quite different from modern attitudes."- Dorothy Ko, Barnard College “Grasskamp’s exquisitely illustrated study …offers interpretations of individual objects and the Chinese and/or Occidental symbolism associated with them, while at the same time, she tries to embed her findings in larger cultural patterns, variegated forms of local belief, and neglected traditions. … Conchophiles who wish to find out why and how the well-to-do adored nautilus shells and similar specimens will discover many fascinating details in Grasskamp’s account. … Art and Ocean Objects … will inspire scholars to explore the story of marine products in new ways; it is a lively contribution to the field of Euro-Asian (art) history and cultural exchange.”-Roderich Ptak, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 2023, 86, 2 “Drawing on fields as diverse as art history, object studies, the history of science, and area studies to inform its robust methodology of material culture, the book brings much-needed nuance to the study of the transregional material culture of early modern Europe and China through the maritime world. …Drawing on this new perspective on connected maritime history, the book distinguishes itself by paying almost equal attention to the visual and material cultures of early modern Europe and China, at times articulating their connectivity through objects such as nautilus cups carved in Guangzhou and mounted in Europe, while also comparing patterns of knowledge and gendered imagination generated by shells in the two regions. Although connection and comparison are well-established methods in transregional and global history, Grasskamp adds nuance and complexity to them by way of (transmedial) materiality. …Art and Ocean Objects of Early Modern Eurasia successfully portrays seashells as boundary-crossing objects that went far beyond (re)connecting Europe and China to challenge the entrenched binaries of inanimate things and living organisms, reality and fantasy, secular and religious worlds, and human and non-human entities.“ - Kyoungjin Bae, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CAA Reviews , 2023, June “Art and Ocean Objects is an important contribution to material culture studies and a model for inter- and cross-cultural studies. It is ambitious in tackling such a large subject—shells and the creatures that build them, the use of shells in art and as art, and common iconographies of shell art (maritime, marginal, erotic, and the feminine)—across the European and Asian cultures that made and collected such works. …. This study shows both the challenges and opportunities of exploring a broad geography and body of works. Grasskamp moves deftly between literary, philosophical, and religious texts and material and visual culture, weaving a rich and nuanced account, made possible by her comfort working with sources across time, cultures, and languages.”- Marsely Kehoe, June in West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture, 2023, 30, 1 “Grasskamp explores these associations …in her richly illustrated new book, Art and Ocean Objects, on the multicultural complexity of marine objects in early modern Eurasia. Through her expertise in both Asian and European art history (and languages) she is able to situate shells at the crossroads of China and Europe as natural objects and material entanglements…”-Marika Kebluse, Renaissance Quartely, LXXVI, 3,2023Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Shell Connections: The Exoticization and Eroticization of Asian Maritime Material Culture From Guangzhou to Florence: Parrot Cups as “Actors” Layers of Exoticization: Chinese and European Shell Surfaces Surfaces and Skins: The European Eroticization of Asian Shells Conclusion – Shell Connections 2 Shell Bodies: The Creative Agency of Molluscs across Cultures Clever Objects Shell Agency Clam Creations Female Features Bird Bodies Cultured Connections Conclusion 3 Shell Worlds: Maritime Microcosms in EurAsian Art and Material Culture Shells in Flux Coralscapes Conclusion 4 Woman with a Shell: Transcultural Exchange, Female Bodies and Maritime Matters Women on Shells Women in Shells Women with Shells Women with EurAsian Shells Conclusion – Woman with a Shell Conclusion Cited Primary and Secondary Sources Acknowledgments Index
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Amsterdam University Press The Maritime World of Early Modern Britain
Book SynopsisBritain's emergence as one of Europe's major maritime powers has all too frequently been subsumed by nationalistic narratives that focus on operations and technology. This volume, by contrast, offers a daring new take on Britain's maritime past. It brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to explore the manifold ways in which the sea shaped British history, demonstrating the number of approaches that now have a stake in defining the discipline of maritime history. The chapters analyse the economic, social, and cultural contexts in which English maritime endeavour existed, as well as discussing representations of the sea. The contributors show how people from across the British Isles increasingly engaged with the maritime world, whether through their own lived experiences or through material culture. The volume also includes essays that investigate encounters between English voyagers and indigenous peoples in Africa, and the intellectual foundations of imperial ambition.Trade Review"The Maritime World of Early Modern Britain demonstrates how different the questions and methodological approaches of early modern maritime history can be." - Patrick Schmidt, Historisches Institut, Universität Rostock "[The Maritime World of Early Modern Britain] is the inaugural volume of the new Maritime Humanities 1400-1800: Cultures of the Sea series and it is an excellent first statement in that series. The very high quality of the papers is exceeded only by their diversity of topics and approaches […] This book is a good statement on the future of maritime history in the early modern period. It should be widely made available and all students of maritime history be encouraged to read it and be inspired." - Dr. Sam McLean, Global Maritime History "With contributions that consider familiar sources from new angles and include unconventional actors in the narrative, The Maritime World of Early Modern Britain 'reveals a picture of connection, exchange, and interdependence' (35), identifying stimulating themes and methods for maritime historians of Britain and beyond." - Margaret E. Schotte, Journal of British Studies, Vol. 61, Iss. 3Table of ContentsList of illustrations List of tables Acknowledgements Note on conventions Introduction (Richard Blakemore and James Davey) Chapter 1: The Minion and its travels: sailing to Guinea in the sixteenth century (Bernhard Klein) Chapter 2: Commanding the World Itself: Sir Walter Ralegh, La Popelinière, and the Huguenot influence on early English sea power (Alan James) Chapter 3: An investigation of the size and geographical distribution of the English, Welsh, and Channel Islands merchant fleet: a case Study of 1571-72 (Craig L. Lambert and Gary P. Baker) Chapter 4: An evaluation of Scottish trade with Iberia during the Anglo-Spanish War, 1585-1604 (Claire McLoughlin) Chapter 5: Performing 'Water' Ralegh: the cultural politics of sea captains in late Elizabethan and Jacobean drama (Claire Jowitt) Chapter 6: 'Wicked Actions Merit Fearful Judgments': capital trials aboard the early East India Company voyages (Cheryl Fury) Chapter 7 'A water bawdy house': women and the navy in the British Civil Wars (Elaine Murphy) Chapter 8 'Thy sceptre to a trident change / And straight, unruly seas thou canst command': contemporary representations of King Charles I and the Ship Money Fleets within the cultural imagination of Caroline England. (Rebecca A. Bailey) Chapter 9 'Proud Symbols of the Prospering Rural Seamen': Scottish church ship models and the Shipmaster's Societies of North East Scotland in the late 17th Century (Meredith Greiling) Chapter 10 Systematizing the sea: knowledge, power and maritime sovereignty in late seventeenth- century science (Philippa Hellawell) Bibliography Index
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Amsterdam University Press The Maritime Silk Road: Global Connectivities,
Book SynopsisThe Maritime Silk Road foregrounds the numerous networks that have been woven across oceanic geographies, tying world regions together often far more extensively than land-based routes. On the strength of the new data which has emerged in the last two decades in the form of archaeological findings, as well as new techniques such as GIS modelling, the authors collectively demonstrate the existence of a very early global maritime trade. From architecture to cuisine, and language to clothing, evidence points to early connections both within Asia and between Asia and other continents—well before European explorations of the Global South. The human stories presented here offer insights into both the extent and limits of this global exchange, showing how goods and people travelled vast distances, how they were embedded in regional networks, and how local cultures were shaped as a result.Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgments (Franck Billé, Sanjyot Mehendale, and James W. Lankton) Introduction Globalities 1. (Eivind Heldaas Seland) Spaces, Places and Things: The Spatial Dimension of Early Indian Ocean Exchange 2. (Hyunhee Park) Open Space and Flexible Borders: Theorizing Maritime Space through Premodern Sino-Islamic Connections 3. (James W. Lankton) From Regional to Global: Early Glass and the Development of the Maritime Silk Road Regional Nodes 4. (Jun Kimura) Archaeological evidence of shipping and shipbuilding along the Maritime Silk Road 5. (Ariane De Saxcé) Networks and cultural mapping of South Asian maritime trade 6. (Shadreck Chirikure) Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean World: Relocating Agency From “Center” to “Periphery,” From the Maritime Silk Road to the Maritime Ivory Route Localities 7. (John N. Miksic) Chinese Ceramics on the Maritime Silk Road The Importance of Context 8. (Derek Heng) Urban Demographics along the Maritime Asian Silk Road: Archaeological Small Finds and Settlement Patterns at Pre-Modern Port-Settlements of the Malay Region 9. (Osmund Bopearachchi) Indian Ocean Trade through Buddhist Iconographies Contributors Index
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Amsterdam University Press Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern
Book SynopsisMaritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages aims to tell the full story of early English shipboard performers, who have been historically absent from conversations about English navigation, maritime culture, and economic expansion. Often described reductively in voyaging accounts as having one function, in fact maritime performers served many communicative tasks. Their lives were not only complex, but often contradictory. Though not high-ranking officers, neither were they lower-ranking mariners or sailors. They were influenced by a range of competing cultural practices, having spent time playing on both land and sea, and their roles required them to mediate parties using music, dance, and theatre as powerful forms of nonverbal communication. Their performances transcended and breached boundaries of language, rank, race, religion, and nationality, thereby upsetting conventional practices, improving shipboard and international relations, and ensuring the success of their voyages.Trade Review"This original and accessible book draws on archival sources and embraces social history, labor history, and the history of performance. The stories of these artists, actors, dancers, and musicians who are thrown together with common seafarers and how they are forced to (or are delighted to) navigate between the sailors’ rough ways and the courtly pretensions of their senior officers makes a striking new contribution to the history and sociology of shipboard life during the early modern period." - Colin Dewey, California State University Maritime Academy ''Seth’s method is to be expansive, considering as wide a range of performers — singers, musicians, dancers, play actors — as he can, and attempting as full a recapitulation of the lives of the performers as sources will allow. And it is his capacious conception of music and performance that makes this work unique; his chapters include not only the expected attention to military and civilian performers, as well as interest in the performative underpinnings of rituals and diplomatic entertainments; they also explore signaling work and the importance of nonverbal communication to early modern colonizers.''- Manushang N. Powell, Eighteenth-Century StudiesWinter 2024, V.57.2 Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: A Tale of Two Trumpeters Part One The Players 1. Naval Musicians 2. Civilian Performers, Professional and Amateur Part Two The Performances 3. Signalling and Communicating 4. Courtly Rituals and Casual Entertainments 5. Diplomacy and Trade Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Amsterdam University Press Piracy in World History
Book SynopsisIn a modern global historical context, scholars have often regarded piracy as an essentially European concept which was inappropriately applied by the expanding European powers to the rest of the world, mainly for the purpose of furthering colonial forms of domination in the economic, political, military, legal and cultural spheres. By contrast, this edited volume highlights the relevance of both European and non-European understandings of piracy to the development of global maritime security and freedom of navigation. It explores the significance of ‘legal posturing’ on the part of those accused of piracy, as well as the existence of non-European laws and regulations regarding piracy and related forms of maritime violence in the early modern era. The authors in Piracy in World History highlight cases from various parts of the early-modern world, thereby explaining piracy as a global phenomenon.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1 Introduction: Piracy in World History Stefan Eklof Amirell, Bruce Buchan, and Hans Hagerdal 2 "Publique Enemies to Mankind": International Pirates as a Product of International Politics Michael Kempe 3 All at Sea: Locke's Tyrants and the Pyrates of Political Thought Bruce Buchan 4 The Colonial Origins of Theorizing Piracy’s Relation to Failed States Jennifer L. Gaynor 5 The Bugis-Makassar Seafarers: Pirates or Entrepreneurs? Hans Hagerdal 6 Piracy in India's Western Littoral: Reality and Representation Lakshmi Subramanian 7 Holy Warriors, Rebels, and Thieves: Defining Maritime Violence in the Ottoman Mediterranean Joshua M. White 8 Piracy, Empire, and Sovereignty in Late Imperial China Robert J. Antony 9 Persistent Piracy in Philippine Waters: Metropolitan Discourses about Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, and Moro Coastal Threats, 1570–1800 Birgit Tremml-Werner 10 Sweden, Barbary Corsairs, and the Hostis Humani Generis: Justifying Piracy in European Political Thought Joachim Ostlund and Bruce Buchan 11 "Pirates of the Sea and the Land": Concurrent Vietnamese and French Concepts of Piracy during the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century Stefan Eklof Amirell 12 Pirate Passages in Global History: Afterword Lauren Benton
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Lanasta Dutch Leander Frigate Van Speijk
Book SynopsisThe Van Speijk class frigates were equipped with Dutch electronics/sensors. The British Leander design was chosen to enable rapid construction to replace elderly escorts for ASW duties and NATO patrol. The ships were thoroughly modernised in the late 1970s. Between 1986-1990 all six were transferred to the Indonesian Navy.
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Kapon Editions Sailing Through Time: The Ship in Greek Art
Book SynopsisEnglish text. 361 illustrations, most in colour. The most important phases of Greek civilization are connected with the sea, through voyages of discovery, naval campaigns and ocean trading. Over the years, and because of its key role as a means of communication, the ship also became a subject for artistic creations. Th e history and the evolution of the Greek ship from prehistoric times to the present day are presented through the work of known artists and anonymous craftsmen, executed in a variety of different materials. Ships were carved in stone and marble, incised on bronze, painted on clay or wood, depicted in paintings and murals, embroidered on cloth, printed on paper, offered as votives or worn as amulets. The material included in this book has been selected from museums and collections both in Greece and abroad.Table of ContentsContents Introduction The Obsidian Routes The Earliest Depictions of Ships in the Mediterranean The Expansion and Influence of Minoan Civilization The Mycenaean Thalassocracy Ships in the Time of Homer The Expansion of the Greek World from Phoenicia to the Pillars of Hercules The Wooden Walls and Athenian Hegemony The Ships of Alexander the Great at the End of the World Roman Galleys and the Imposition of the Pax Romana Byzantium and the Sea The Greek Seafarer in the Post-Byzantine Period The Struggle for Independence With Sail and Steam in the Progress of Greek Shipping
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City University of Hong Kong Press Transport to Another World: HMS Tamar and the
Book SynopsisMementoes of HMS Tamar abound in Hong Kong, but what is really known about this troopship and her role in the maintenance of British imperial rule? Using logbooks, newspapers, and numerous other sources, this book pieces together the multifaceted and largely unknown history of the Tamar. From her launch into service to her roles as a hospital, theatre stage, and transport for military personnel, the Tamar carried not just people, but also their mundane dreams and ambitions - for friends, families, and staying alive. Any ideas or concerns about sustaining the empire seldom featured in their minds at all, but it was this empire that the Tamar served for seventy-nine years, steaming the equivalent of thirty-two times around the Earth and transporting tens of thousands of people to what would seem to them another world.In this engaging narrative, the Tamar's exploits and the experiences of her crew and passengers parallel those of the British Empire and its subjects, bringing to life the realities of imperial life on land and at sea. As mud continues to settle over the Tamar's forgotten remains in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, Transport to Another World will appeal to historians and readers interested in maritime history and colonial Hong Kong in general, and makes a case for conserving the memory of a past some would prefer to forget.Table of Contents Prologue: All Valiant Dust that Builds on Dust Part I: Far-called, Our Navies Part II: Drunk with Sight of Power Part Ill: On Dune and Headland Sinks the Fire Part IV: Still Stands Thine Ancient Sacrifice Epilogue: All Our Pomp of Yesterday
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Gefen Publishing House Boat & the Sea of Galilee
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Gefen Publishing House Boat & the Sea of Galilee
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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Nagappattinam to Suvarnadweepa: Reflections on
Book SynopsisThe South Indian Chola kings had developed a sophisticated maritime enterprise based on sea based commerce with trading contacts in Malaya, Sumatra and China. This had resulted in an ocean going fleet that was dispatched by the Chola King Rajendra Choladeva I against the Srivijaya Kingdom. The essays in this volume reflect on the naval expedition, which is also mentioned in the inscription dated 1030-31 of the big temple of Tanjavur in South India. Perhaps the most significant contribution of this volume to Asian maritime history is the translations of ancient and medieval Tamil and Sanskrit inscriptions relating to Southeast Asia and China and the Chinese Texts describing or referring to the Chola Kingdom as Zhunian.
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Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd Pirates & Privateers in Mauritius
Book SynopsisThis is a highly readable and generously illustrated history of piracy and privateering in the Indian Ocean. At the beginning of the 17th century, pirates infested the Caribbean waters, harassing the major European powers, but they were eventually driven from the region. Some pirates took refuge in Madagascar, where they attempted to capture the lucrative cargo carried by vessels on the shipping route of the European East India Companies. At the end of the 18th century, in order to weaken British influence in the Indian Ocean, France hired privateers to attack commercial ships of the British East India Company. This was an alternative to open warfare, and heralded the privateers' era. Author Denis Piat recounts the history of the pirates and privateers in the Indian Ocean, especially in Mauritius, from the pirates' arrival in the region to the wrecked ships still to be found today in deep water, and provides portraits of the most famous privateers among them.
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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.
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