Maritime history Books
Springer International Publishing AG Privacy at Sea: Practices, Spaces, and
Book SynopsisThis book explores the idea of privacy at sea, from early sixteenth-century maritime expansions to nineteenth-century naval developments. In this period, the sea became a focal point of political and economic ambition as technological and cultural shifts enabled a more extensive exploration of maritime spaces and global coexistence at sea. The exploration of the sea and the conflicts arising from establishing control over maritime routes demanded a more nuanced distinction and negotiation between State and private efforts. Privateering, for example, became a bridge between the private enterprises and the State’s warfares or trade struggles, demonstrating that the sea required public control at the same time as it enabled private endeavours. Although this tension between private and public interests has been explored in military and economic studies, questions of how the private appeared in maritime history have been discussed only through a particularly merchantile lens. This volume adds a new dimension to this discussion by focusing on how privacy and the private were perceived and created by the historical agents at sea. We aim to move beyond the mercantile “private” as a direct opposite to the “public” or the State, thereby opening the discussion of privacy at sea as a multiplicity of lived experiences.Chapters 1, 8 and 14 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of Contents1. Dynamics of Privacy at Sea: An Introduction to Privacy Studies in Maritime History - Natacha Klein Käfer .- 2. Black Seamen’s Privacy in an ‘Anxious Atlantic’ - Charles R. Foy .- 3. Women and children on board - The case of the Carreira da India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries - Amélia Polónia and Rosa Capelão .- 4. Privacy in Recife, Freedom in Amsterdam: Juliana’s practical strategies of autonomy across the Atlantic - Natália da Silva Perez .- 5. Breaching the Cabin Walls: Madness, Privacy and Care at Sea in the Eighteenth-Century British Navy - Catherine Beck .- 6. Some Sly Corner: Privacy and Sodomitical Space in the Georgian Royal Navy - Seth LeJacq .- 7. Anchors, Hearts & Crosses: Multiple Ways of the Tattoo Usage by Seamen - Philipp Schadner .- 8. Secrecy, war, and communication: challenges and strategies of the General-Government of the State of Brazil in the second half of the seventeenth century - Hugo André Flores Fernandes Araújo .- 9. The Spinola System for Maritime Postal Exchanges between the Madrid Nunciature and the Roman Curia (1645-55) - Alessia Ceccarelli .- 10. A Very Secret Intelligence: The Parallel Espionage of the Republic of Genoa in the State of the Presìdi - Diego Pizzorno .- 11. Seas, Galleys, and Laws: Antonio Guevara’s Del Arte de Marear (1539) - José Maria Martin Humanes .- 12. “‘[They] are not of any service, except for wasting wages and burning a lot of timber’: The soldiers of the guard of the Royal Shipyard of Barcelona (1575-1600) - Aguilera López .- 13. The Eastern Adriatic and Privacy in Sixteenth-Century Ports and Ships in Italian Travel Narratives - Jelena Bakic. 14. Pockets of Privacy in the Maritime World: An Epilogue - Mette Birkedal Bruun.
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Yale University Press Adventurers
Book SynopsisThe unlikely beginnings of the East India Company—from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch—to laying the groundwork for future British expansionTrade Review“Howarth tells some hair-raising tales from the maiden voyage of the Company ship Peppercorn. . . . Packed with tales, as well as gruesome accounts of clashes between rival traders in the east.”—Dan Jones, Times (UK) “Adventurers is essential reading.”—Dan Jones, Times (UK)“[Adventurers] details the early years of what would become the world’s biggest corporation…By no means a defence of the empire, this dizzying work makes its emergence all the more remarkable.”—Daniel Brooks, Sunday Telegraph“Howarth’s study [is] quite different from its rivals, and overflowing with surprises.”—William Dalrymple, The Spectator“This is a book [Howarth] has wanted to write for 50 years. . . . The frequent exuberance of his prose echo[es] the voices of larger-than-life venturers and seafarers who fill his pages.”—Alan Mallinson, Country Life“Adventurers is an important counterpoint to received knowledge of Anglo-Indian history, and the foundations of what was perhaps the world’s first and most controversial corporation.”—Lubaaba Al-Azami, BBC History Magazine“I’m keeping my fingers crossed that there might be a further volume. . . . Perhaps Howarth, like those first Adventurers, will have the right amount of intrepid bravery and insanity to attempt it.”—Debbie Kilroy, Get History“Howarth’s book is a joy of revelation, page by page… beautifully written” —Robert Lyman, The Critic“The history of the East India Company is so often read backwards. This wonderfully well-written book restores its early development to its true context—it is, like cold water in a desert, the picture for which we’ve gasped.”—James Evans, author of Merchant Adventurers“Fascinating and authoritative. David Howarth weaves a rich and rewarding tapestry of the uncertain, often chaotic development of the company, moving with style from London to Southeast Asia, and amassing a colourful cast list of princes, merchants and politicians. Adventurers will become the standard book on the subject, and deservedly so.”—Jerry Brotton, author of This Orient Isle“Howarth’s keen eye for intrigue weaves together a tale of commercial competition and imperial ambition that carries us from the Tudor court to the coasts of Japan. Adventurers is a quick-paced romp through the chaotic early history of Britain’s most infamous corporation.”—Edmond Smith, author of Merchants
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The History Press Ltd Queen Elizabeth
Book SynopsisQueen Elizabeth: A Photographic Journey allows the reader to travel aboard Cunard’s newest ship, the second largest ship to carry the Cunard colours.
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Atlantic Books In the Hour of Victory
Book SynopsisDr Sam Willis is a maritime historian and archaeologist, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He is the author of the bestselling Hearts of Oak Trilogy and the Fighting Ships series.Trade ReviewExtraordinary... Seldom has the drama, chaos and stench of battle been more vividly evoked. * Daily Mail, 'Books of the Year' *Lively and wide-ranging... Willis manages to combine hard facts with fascinating anecdotes and pen pictures of the principal characters * History Today *Sam Willis does not just transcribe the precious, privileged sources he has discovered. He also locates them in the warfare, seascapes, and politics of their time. His vivid writing and the book's lovely design make In the Hour of Victory a pleasure to handle and a revelation to read. * Felipe Fernandez-Armesto *
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Twelveheads Press Cornwalls Lifeboat Heritage
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Twelveheads Press Steamers and Ferries of the River Tamar and Three
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Oratia Media Sea Edge Where the Waitemat meets Auckland Where
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Oratia Media Shipwrecked New Zealand Maritime Disasters
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Cambridge University Press Subversive Seas
Book SynopsisThis revealing portrait of the Dutch Empire repositions our understanding of modern empires from the terrestrial to the oceanic. It highlights the importance of shipping, port cities, and maritime culture to the political struggles of the 1920s and 30s. Port cities such as Jeddah, Shanghai, and Batavia were hotbeds for the spread of nationalism, communism, pan-Islamism, and pan-Asianism, and became important centers of opposition to Dutch imperialism through the circulation of passengers, laborers, and religious pilgrims. In response to growing maritime threats, the Dutch government and shipping companies attempted to secure oceanic spaces and maintain hegemony abroad through a web of control.Techniques included maritime policing networks, close collaboration with British and French surveillance entities ashore, and maintaining segregation on ships, which was meant to ''teach'' those on board their position within imperial hierarchies. This innovative study exposes how anti-colonialism was shaped not only within the terrestrial confines of metropole and colony, but across the transoceanic spaces in between.Trade Review'Alexanderson demonstrates that we cannot understand imperialism by simply focusing on the terrestrial claims of colonial powers. Rather, she reveals the myriad ways maritime networks, including actual ships themselves, helped define colonial structures and also provided unique, cosmopolitan spaces of connection for colonial subjects. Subversive Seas makes crucial contributions to Southeast Asian history, maritime history, and transnational/world history.' Heather Streets-Salter, Northeastern University, Massachusetts'Extensively researched and gracefully written, Subversive Seas demonstrates that Dutch shipping companies and maritime priorities both informed and reflected colonial policies during the period that would prove to be the twilight of Dutch imperial rule in Asia. Scholars working in numerous subfields - science and technology studies, maritime history, imperial history, decolonization studies, East Asian history, and modern Dutch history, among others - will value the insights Alexanderson offers in this important book.' Jennifer L. Foray, Purdue University, Indiana'Elegantly written, a joy to read, and aided by plentiful footnotes, Alexanderson's study is all the stronger for its concluding discussion of the decolonization of Indonesia in the post-1945 era and the subsequent historiographical 'decolonization of the Dutch colonial past', to which her book ably contributes.' Nicholas J. White, Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction: transoceanic mobility and modern imperialism; Part I. At Sea: 1. Kongsi Tiga: security and insecurity on Hajj ships; 2. Java-China-Japan Lijn: Asian shipping and imperial representation; 3. The Dutch mails: passenger liners as colonial classrooms; Part II. In Port: 4. Pan-Islamism abroad: regulation and resistance in the Middle East; 5. Policing communism: ships, seamen, and political networks in Asia; 6. Japanese penetration: imperial upheavals in the 1930s; Conclusion: oceanic decolonization and cultural amnesia in the twenty-first century.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Pirate Hunter: The Life of Captain Woodes Rogers
Book SynopsisOn 2 August 1708 Captain Woodes Rogers set sail from Bristol with two ships, the Duke and Dutchess, on an epic voyage of circumnavigation that was to make himfamous. His mission was to attack, plunder and pillage Spanish ships wherever he could. And, as Graham Thomas shows in this tense and exciting narrative, after a series of pursuits and sea battles he returned laden with booty and with a reputation as one of the most audacious and shrewd fighting captains of the age. He was then appointed governor of the Bahamas by George I with the task of suppressing the pirates who roamed this corner of the Caribbean and preyed on its shipping. He was equally successful as a privateer and pirate-hunter in an age when brutality and ruthlessness were the law of the sea. This study of Woodes Rogers is the first modern biography of an extraordinary adventurer. It is fascinating reading.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc The Tragic Story of the Empress of Ireland
Book SynopsisAn authentic account of one of the most horrible disasters in Canadian history. Soon after leaving Quebec on her voyage to Liverpool with over 1,300 souls on board, she was struck by the Norwegian collier Storstad off Father Point, Quebec, on 29 May 1914, at 2.10 a.m., and sank about fifteen minutes later, carrying a thousand of her passengers down with her.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc A Short History of the Royal Navy, 1217-1815:
Book SynopsisDavid Hannay endeavours to give a popular, but clear and not inaccurate, account of the growth, and services, of the Royal Navy. The books is divided into two volumes. The first volume begins with King John and ends at the Revolution of 1688. The second volume will give the history of the great struggle with France and her dependent allies, which began in 1689, and ended only when the time of great naval wars was over.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc A Short History of the Royal Navy, 1217-1815:
Book SynopsisDavid Hannay endeavours to give a popular, but clear and not inaccurate, account of the growth, and services, of the Royal Navy. The books is divided into two volumes. The first volume begins with King John and ends at the Revolution of 1688. The second volume will give the history of the great struggle with France and her dependent allies, which began in 1689, and ended only when the time of great naval wars was over.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc A General History and Collection of Voyages and
Book SynopsisA General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels by Robert Kerr is an 18 volume set that contains the complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land. In determining upon an era for the commencement of this work, Kerr was led, from a consideration of the accidental discovery of Iceland by the Norwegians in the ninth century, to adopt that period as the beginning of the series, both because the commencement of modern maritime discovery took place during the reign of a British sovereign, and because we derive the earliest written accounts of any of these discoveries from the pen of that excellent prince. It is true that the first accidental discovery of Iceland appears to have been made in 861, eleven years before the accession of Alfred to the throne; yet, as the actual colonization of that island did not take place till the year 878, the seventh of his glorious reign, we have been induced to distinguish the actual commencement of maritime discovery by the modern European nations as coinciding with his era.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc A General History and Collection of Voyages and
Book SynopsisA General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels by Robert Kerr is an 18 volume set that contains the complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land. In determining upon an era for the commencement of this work, Kerr was led, from a consideration of the accidental discovery of Iceland by the Norwegians in the ninth century, to adopt that period as the beginning of the series, both because the commencement of modern maritime discovery took place during the reign of a British sovereign, and because we derive the earliest written accounts of any of these discoveries from the pen of that excellent prince. It is true that the first accidental discovery of Iceland appears to have been made in 861, eleven years before the accession of Alfred to the throne; yet, as the actual colonization of that island did not take place till the year 878, the seventh of his glorious reign, we have been induced to distinguish the actual commencement of maritime discovery by the modern European nations as coinciding with his era.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc A General History and Collection of Voyages and
Book SynopsisA General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels by Robert Kerr is an 18 volume set that contains the complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land. In determining upon an era for the commencement of this work, Kerr was led, from a consideration of the accidental discovery of Iceland by the Norwegians in the ninth century, to adopt that period as the beginning of the series, both because the commencement of modern maritime discovery took place during the reign of a British sovereign, and because we derive the earliest written accounts of any of these discoveries from the pen of that excellent prince. It is true that the first accidental discovery of Iceland appears to have been made in 861, eleven years before the accession of Alfred to the throne; yet, as the actual colonization of that island did not take place till the year 878, the seventh of his glorious reign, we have been induced to distinguish the actual commencement of maritime discovery by the modern European nations as coinciding with his era.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc The Men of the Merchant Service
Book SynopsisPublished in 1900, this book was written for anyone interested in going to sea or simply curious about the work of sailors. Drawing on his own experience and extensive research, the author outlines the duties, qualifications, and responsibilities of various members of the ship's company, creating a portrait of a sailor's life.Table of ContentsPreface; The Rise of the Master (Ideal); The Rise of the Master (Real); The Master (Of a Tramp); The Master (Sailing Ships); The Master (Sailing Ships): Continued; The Masters Qualities; The Masters Duties; The Masters Duties: Continued; The Mate; The Mates Work; The Mates Work (In a Sailing Ship); The Mates Work (In a Sailing Ship): Continued; The Second Mate (In Steam); The Second Mate (First Steps); The Second Mate (Of a Sailing Ship); The Third Mate; The Bosun; The Carpenter; The Sailmaker; The Steward (In Steam); The Steward (Sailing Ships); The Cook (In Steam); The Cook (Sailing Ships); The Cook (Sailing Ships): Continued; The Apprentice (Suggestions); The Apprentice (Some Facts Concerning His Life); The Apprentice (Some Practical Information); The A.B. (General Qualifications); The A.B. (His Routine); The A.B. (His Position); The O.S. (Ordinary Seaman); The Boy; The Engineer; The Fireman and Trimmer; Conclusion; Index.
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Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Gilly the Ghillie
Book SynopsisDavid Giblins stint as a seasonal salmon fishing guide on Stuart Island provides a seemingly endless supply of hilarious and bizarre stories that reveal as much about the quirkiness of small coastal communities as they do about human nature itself. Now, in his second book of short, interconnected stories set in the 1980s, Giblin introduces us to Gilly, the first female fishing guide to grace the tiny island, whose mere presence is enough to shake the foundations of the very insular, all-male guiding community. With the return of delight-fully eccentric characters including Vop, Troutbreath, Lucky Peterson, and Wet Lenny, this rollicking maritime adventure will appeal to anyone who ever gutted a fish and lived to tell the tale.
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Halsgrove Sir Francis Drake: Behind the Pirate's Mask
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Otago University Press Otago: 150 Years of New Zealand's First
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Boulder Books Tales from the Buccaneer Lodge
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Massey University Press Living Between Land & Sea: The bays of Whakaraupō
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Koehlers Verlagsgsellschaft Respekt: 150 Jahre Deutsche Gesellschaft Zur
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ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon A History of the Czechoslovak Ocean Shipping
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive history of the Czechoslovak Ocean Shipping Company (C. O. S.) from its beginning in the late 1940s until the fall of communism. Owned by the Czechoslovak state, C. O. S.'s activities were shaped by Soviet standards. This unique study is structured according to the different phases of the Cold War and highlights the political aspects that determined C. O. S.'s fate.Lenka Kratka focuses on two contradictory economic dimensions that C. O. S. had to engage with. Being part of the planned economy of a socialist state, it also dealt with companies in the capitalist West. Another paradoxical aspect of C. O. S. emerges from the memories of former Czechoslovak seamen, who experienced relative freedom when being aboard and strict communist regime control while at home with their families. Kratka's book offers fascinating insights into a neglected topic, using thus far untapped sources and building on primary research in oral history and personal memory.Trade ReviewLenka Kratka offers a remarkable, comprehensive piece of work on the history of the Czechoslovak Ocean Shipping (C.O.S.) company. Her book is really unique since the history of the C.O.S. and of Czechoslovak maritime business in general are among the research topics least reflected in Czech historiography. She writes with talent and erudition. -- Prof. Miroslav Vank, head of the Oral History Centre, Czech Academy of ScienceLenka Kratka`s book opens the Iron Curtain to explore the reality of Czechoslovakia`s Ocean Shipping. Seamen have always been linked to legends and stereotypes. This book enables the reader to understand what is truth and what is just nice fiction. A particularly interesting and fascinating part in the book is devoted to life-stories of seafarers. It is highly recommended to all travellers and dreamers but at the same time has an incredible value for academic researchers in history. -- Kristine Ante, University of Latvia, Faculty of History and Philosophy
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Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Maritime India: Ports and Shipping
Book SynopsisComprehensive book on Indian port and shipping infrastructure covering economic development, major ports, privatisation, maritime law, containerisation, environmental issues, and government plans. First of its kind in the country.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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University Press of Southern Denmark Two Hundred Days: My time as Commander of
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Museum Tusculanum Press The Sound Toll at Elsinore: Politics, Shipping
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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.
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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.
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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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HarperCollins Publishers Mad About the Mekong
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HarperCollins Publishers The Bitter Sea The Brutal World War II Fight for the Mediterranean
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Cry from the Deep
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Great Halifax Explosion
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Penguin Publishing Group The Bounty Mutiny
Book SynopsisThe names William Bligh, Fletcher Christian, and the Bounty have excited the popular imagination for more than two hundred years. The story of this famous mutiny has many beginnings and many endings but they all intersect on an April morning in 1789 near the island known today as Tonga. That morning, William Bligh and eighteen surly seamen were expelled from the Bounty and began what would be the greatest open-boat voyage in history, sailing some 4,000 miles to safety in Timor. The mutineers led by Fletcher Christian sailed off into a mystery that has never been entirely resolved.While the full story of what drove the men to revolt or what really transpired during the struggle may never be known, Penguin Classics has brought together-for the first time in one volume-all the relevant texts and documents related to a drama that has fascinated generations. Here is the full text of Bligh's Narrative of the Mutiny, the minutes of the court proceedings gathered by Edward ChrisTable of ContentsIntroduction by R.D. MadisonSuggestions for Further ReadingA Note on the TextsMapsA Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty, by William BlighMinutes of the Proceedings of the Court-Martial held at Portsmouth, August 12, 1792. On Ten Persons charged with Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, with an Appendix by Edward ChristianAn Answer to Certain Assertions Contained in the Appendix to a Pamphlet, by William BlighA Short Reply to Capt. William Bligh's Answer, by Edward ChristianAppendixes:Appendix A: Bligh's Orders and a Description of the BreadfruitAppendix B: Lady Belcher's Account of the Pandora (1870)Appendix C: The Quarterly Review on the Bounty (1810)Appendix D: The Quarterly Review on the Bounty (1815)Appendix E: Jenny's Story (1829)Appendix F: John Adam's Story (1831)
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Oxford University Press Our Blue Planet An Introduction to Maritime and Underwater Archaeology
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Oxford University Press Atlantic in World History
Book SynopsisAs the Atlantic Ocean was transformed from a terrifying barrier into a highway uniting four continents, the lives of people all around the ocean were transformed. After 1492 merchants and political leaders around the Atlantic refocused their attention from trade highways in their interiors to the coasts. Those who emigrated, willingly or unwillingly, had their lives changed completely, but many others became involved in new trades and industries that necessitated consolidation of populations. American gold and silver contributed to the emergence of nation-states. New foods enriched diets all over the world. American foods such as fish, cassava, maize, tomatoes, beans, and cacao fed burgeoning populations. Sugar grown around the Atlantic transformed tastes everywhere. Tobacco was the first great consumer craze. Furs provided the raw material for fashionable broad hats. Chains of commodity exchange linked the Atlantic to the Pacific; they also linked Americans to the Mediterranean and the goods of the Middle East. Creation of Atlantic economies required organization of labor and trade on a scale previously unknown. Generations of Europeans who signed up for servitude for a number of years in order to pay their passage over were gradually supplanted by enslaved Africans, millions of whom were imported into slavery. Wars, fueled by the need for ever more slaves, spread throughout West and Central Africa. The African end of the slave trade produced powerful rulers and great confederations in Africa. Consolidation of displaced tribal groups and remnants of populations depleted by epidemic disease led to the emergence of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League in northern North America, and the Creeks, Cherokees, and others in the south. Those who made a choice to travel across the Atlantic did so for economic advancement, but many also were influenced by religious concerns. Conflict between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Europe, and the power of political leaders to force conformity, caused many to feel that their right to worship was under threat. They were willing to accept servitude to make emigration possible, in order to protect their religious lives. Attempting to create and control vast networks of settlement and trade enhanced the rise of nation-states in Europe and contributed to the growth of national identities. The wars of independence in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries changed the nature of relationships, but did not end them. Abolitionism serves as a vivid example of the collision of religious, philosophical, and economic realities and the ways in which the Atlantic context posed new possibilities and new answers.Trade Reviewa worthy contribution to the considerable number of Atlantic history surveys. ... Kupperman skilfully uses the concept of modernity as the device by which to close the Atlantic story. * Allan Dwyer, International Journal of Maritime History *Table of ContentsEditors' Preface ; Introduction: Thinking Atlantically ; Chapter 1: Atlantic Memories ; Chapter 2: Atlantic Beginnings ; Chapter 3: Atlantic People ; Chapter 4: Commodities: Foods, Drugs, and Dyes ; Chapter 5: Eighteenth-Century Realities ; Epilogue: The Atlantic ; Chronology ; Notes ; Further Reading ; Websites ; Index
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Oxford University Press A Commerce of Knowledge
Book SynopsisA Commerce of Knowledge tells the story of three generations of Church of England chaplains who served the English Levant Company in Syria during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Reconstructing the careers of its protagonists in the cosmopolitan city of Ottoman Aleppo, Simon Mills investigates the links between English commercial and diplomatic expansion, and English scholarly and missionary interests: the study of Middle-Eastern languages; the exploration of biblical and Greco-Roman antiquities; and the early dissemination of Protestant literature in Arabic. Early modern Orientalism is usually conceived as an episode in the history of scholarship. By shifting the focus to Aleppo, A Commerce of Knowledge brings to light the connections between the seemingly separate worlds, tracing the emergence of new kinds of philological and archaeological enquiry in England back to a series of real-world encounters between the chaplains and the scribes, booksellers, priests, rabbis, and shTrade ReviewThe book is a fascinating example of how the confluence of commercial, religious, and scholarly interests could utmostly sustain the creation of new knowledge on different cultures. * Viviana Tagliaferri, Nordicum Mediterraneum *Written in clear prose, A Commerce of Knowledge offers an informative account of the scholarly pursuits of English orientalist scholars in Ottoman Aleppo by shedding light on ongoing commercial activities in the city. It is an important contribution to the history of early modern orientalism from an often neglected point of view ... an engrossing read, especially suitable for specialists working on humanist scholarship, early modern orientalism and the early English missions in the Middle East. * Duygu Yildirim, Journal of Jewish Studies *A Commerce of Knowledge provides a new basis from which the intellectual traditions and connections between England and the wider world can be understood, while placing local interests and actors in their rightful place in these narratives. * Peter Good, Journal of Early Modern History *It is based on an astonishingly wide acquaintance with both primary and secondary sources, as a glance at the bibliography (277-315) will confirm, and these are faithfully recorded in the (often voluminous) footnotes...numerous and weighty contributions to our knowledge and understanding of the complex of trade, scholarship, missionary work, and exploration between Europe and the Ottoman Empire...Everyone with a serious interest in any of those aspects will learn much from this book. * G. J. Toomer, Erudition and the Republic of Letters *This book is constructed around the careers at Aleppo of the chaplains to the Levant Company in that city from the late sixteenth to the later eighteenth centuries. However, it is not a series of biographies, but rather an attempt to place their activities in the context of the historical and social milieux, and to relate them to contemporary interests and aspirations. The 'Commerce' of the title is a key to the author's approach. * G. J. Toomer, Professor Emeritus of the History of Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, Erudition and the Republic of Letters 7 *The book marshals a marvelously detailed series of individually important case studies in order to fill out traditional lines of inquiry in the historiography of European scholarship and religion. Even more importantly, the book lends empirical support to general arguments that have been recently made by historians who, like Mills, favor an approach to questions about humanistic scholarship between the late Renaissance and early Enlightenment that is grounded in the study of practices and institutions. * William J. Bulman, Lehigh University, Journal of Modern History *It is a work that I find inspiring and that I hope will serve as an inspiration to others. * Gustaf Fryksén, International Journal of Maritime History 35 *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I 1: 'Turky labours': From Oxford to Aleppo Part II: Building a library in seventeenth-century Syria 2: Edward Pococke in Aleppo 3: 'A rich treasure of manuscripts': Robert Huntington in Syria Part III: The making of an antiquarian 4: 'Factor to a worthy Principle' 5: The road to Jerusalem 6: Henry Maundrell and the making of A Journey Part IV 7: The English Reformation in an eastern key 8: Thomas Dawes in Aleppo
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Oxford University Press Inc The World of Thomas Jeremiah
Book SynopsisThis book profiles the port of Charles Town, South Carolina, during the two-year period leading up to the Declaration of Independence. It focuses on the dramatic hanging and burning of Thomas Jeremiah, a free black harbor pilot and firefighter accused by the patriot party of plotting a slave insurrection during the tumultous spring and summer of 1775. To examine the world of this wealthy, slave-holding African American through his trial and execution, William R. Ryan uses a wide array of letters, naval records, personal and official correspondence, memoirs, and newspapers. He shows that the black majority of the South Carolina Low Country managed to assist the British in their invasion efforts, despite patriot attempts to frighten Afro-Carolinians into passivity and submission. Although Whigs attempted, through brutality and violence, to keep their slaves from participating in the conflict, Afro-Carolinians became actively involved in the struggle between colonists and the Crown as spiTrade ReviewRyan has created a work that gets to the heart of revolutionary movements. His study reveals the divisions and social stresses in the southern colonies, delves into the psychology of slaveholders in pre-revolutionary Charleston, highlights the dilemmas of the free and enslaved laborers in the Low Country of South Carolina, and determines the motivations of those who participated in the Revolution. As such, it will be of interest to sociologists, political scientists, cultural studies scholars, and historians alike. * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *There have been a number of books published about colonial and revolutionary South Carolina. However, not since Richard Walsh's Charleston's Sons of Liberty (1959) has a scholar so effectively dealt with the city's underclasses and their relationship with the colony's ruling elite. Ryan not only enters the world of Thomas Jeremiah effectively, but he convinces the reader that Jeremiah and his world had a tremendous impact on the wealthiest elite in colonial America. * Walter B. Edgar, University of South Carolina *This is an important, interesting, informative, well researched, and well-conceived book. It is concrete, using sources which bring the early years of the American Revolution in and near Charleston to life. It has several important strengths. It leaves the usual New England focus behind. It emphasizes the racial, class, and regional dimensions of the American Revolution in the Southeast, emphasizing the strength of Afro-Americans within the context of demography and their maritime skills, especially as pilots in treacherous and ever changing channels and harbor entrances. * Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Rutgers University *Recommended. * CHOICE *The great strengths of this book lie in the provocative issues raised but left unresolved and in the reminder that the revolutionary era offered...new opportunities to challenge both the institution of chattel bondage and the allied structures of white supremacy. * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction: A Different Port of Entry ; Ch 1: White Divisions (June 1774-March 1775) ; Ch 2: A Great War Coming (April 1775-June 1775) ; Ch 3: Under the Color of Law (July 1775-August 1775) ; Ch 4: Charles Town Harbor (September 1775-October 1775) ; Ch 5: Lowcountry/Backcountry: The Volatile Geopolitics of Revolutionary South Carolina (November 1775-December 1775) ; Ch 6: The Greatest Hope and the Deepest Fear (December 1775-January 1776) ; Ch 7: The Masters were Still in Charge (January 1776-August 1776) ; Conclusion: Simple Spectators? ; Epilogue ; Appendix I: Documents Relating to the Trials and Execution of Thomas Jeremiah ; Appendix II: Documents Relating to the Slave Shadwell and the Free Black Scipio Handley
£26.59
Little, Brown & Company Born to Be Hanged
Book SynopsisDiscover 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 readers of Nathaniel Philbrick and David McCullough (Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God)
£23.75
Random House USA Inc The Wager
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martialthat reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only thecaptain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, TIME, Smithsonian, NPR, Vulture, Kirkus Reviews?Riveting...Reads like a thriller, tackling a multilayered history?and imperialism?with gusto.? ?Time Atour de force of narrative nonfiction.? ?The Wall Street JournalOn January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty?s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain.While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as ?the prize of all the oceans,? it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversingnearly 3,000miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes.But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they told a very different story.The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes ? they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous senior officer and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death?for whomever the court found guilty could hang.The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann?s recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O?Brian, his portrayal of the castaways? desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller.As always with Grann?s work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound.
£24.00
WW Norton & Co The American Fishing Schooners 18251935
Book SynopsisAn important feature of the book is its illustrated glossary-appendix, which covers items of hull construction and equipment, rigging and gear, colour and carving, and includes notes by the builders and riggers themselves.
£48.92
Taylor & Francis Ltd Rough Medicine Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
£176.17
Basic Books Fatal Journey
Book SynopsisIn 1610, the English mariner Henry Hudson set off on a journey to find the Northwest Passage, the water route that Europeans hoped would speed the time of travel to East Asia. But Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage did not go well. This book tells the full story of Hudson and the other 23 men who set sail from London in April 1610.Trade ReviewBooklist "Mancall's account of the doomed voyage is exciting, tense, and tragic... This is an excellent re-examination of [Hudson] and his final, sad effort." Minneapolis Star Tribune "[Mancall's] facility with primary sources is astounding. The story of Hudson's last voyage becomes, in his experienced hands, a lucid, fascinating lens into early Atlantic explorations. The book bristles with action, details about ship life, insight into British laws (the mutineers were found not guilty), and jaw-dropping accounts of encounters with Americans." Seattle Times "This is a story that stretches the imagination and leaves the reader with a shiver." Las Cruces Sun-News "Mancall [is] a master storyteller and historian... Any reader of Dr. Mancall's account will be caught in an exciting adventure and overwhelming tragedy." Washington Times "Mr. Mancall writes with authority in tone and scholarship." New York Post "Rather than speculate, Mancall delivers the story of how Hudson's crusade put him on a collision course with his men... But the story is perhaps most compelling in its descriptions of the Northern territory itself." Washington Post "[Fatal Journey] recounts the puzzling episode of a captain overthrown by an enraged faction of his own crew... [A] short and dependable guide to what befell a great but flawed explorer." Newark Star-Ledger "For fans of Mutiny on the Bounty and The Caine Mutiny, Fatal Journey will only add to the store and lore of desperate actions on the high seas... [Mancall] combines forensic history with pulsing narrative to achieve a highly credible account of how the mission unraveled." Boston Globe "Bracingly told." Boston Globe "Fatal Journey is a rich, exhilarating narrative of exploration, desperation, and ice-bound tragedy." History Magazine "Mancall places Hudson and the mutiny in the context of their age, a time when economic and cultural forces lured explorers and sailors into the dangers of a new world in search of profit and fame." Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research "Mancall, in this fascinating account based on a great deal of research, provides a reasonable explanation of Hudson's likely fate, after probably surviving for a polar winter or two... I recommended this excellent book to both armchair explorers and serious students of the history of the Arctic."
£22.64
