Coastal Maine: A Maritime History - Roger F. Duncan

Roger Duncan recounts four hundred years of Maine's rich maritime history, from the early seafarers' discovery of its valuable resources and the fa...

Reducere. This book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of a region from the perspective of the interactions that occurred on and w...

Reducere. Lake Tahoe's legendary scenic beauty is witnessed annually by millions of visitors. While the lake's first sighting (in 1843) by a nonnative was ma...

Reducere. DescriptionFor more than five centuries, the waterways surrounding Long Island have profoundly shaped its history. Familiar subjects of lighthouses...

Reducere. For more than five centuries, the waterways surrounding Long Island have profoundly shaped its history. Familiar subjects of lighthouses, shipwreck...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Tom NancollasNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 145 x 222 x 34Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

Reducere. The Gulf of Mexico presents a compelling, salt-streaked narrative of the earth's tenth largest body of water. In this beautifully written and illus...

The author offers a bold and authoritative maritime history of World War II which takes a fully international perspective and challenges the existi...

Reducere. DescriptionWith fortunes that have ebbed and flowed with the tides, Annapolis has graced the banks of the Severn River and the Chesapeake Bay since...

DescriptionThirty was the number of minutes it took for one Coastal Command crew to sink two U-boats. This remarkable achievement was carried out b...

Reducere. Maine has never been regarded as a pirate haven, but only because witnesses were few and far between. With a rugged coast and more than four thousa...

Reducere. It is not surprising to anyone who knows the Bay country that the Chesapeake captured the imagination of Europeans in the 17th and 18th centuries, ...

Reducere. Most people have fantasized about stepping into the future, if only for a moment. Will there be flying cars? Will buildings be sleek, "smart, " and...

Reducere. DescriptionLarge, wooden-hulled schooners graced the seas of coastal Maine for more than a century as vessels of trade and commerce. With the adven...

Reducere. For more than 40 years, author Richard Fleming has sailed, rowed, and kayaked along the Maine Coast. As a professional sea kayaking guide, he has s...

Reducere. With its incessant fogs and infamously craggy coast, Maine has long been a bane of mariners. Scores of vessels and countless lives have been lost o...

This book is an anthology of key essays that foregrounds coasts, islands, and shorelines as central to the scholarship on the oceanic environment a...

Reducere. A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes is a comprehensive, current, and accurate identification guide to the more than 1, 000 nearshore and offshore fishe...

In Spring 2020, one of the smallest nations in the world is opening the longest continuous coastal path in the world: the England Coast Path. This ...

Reducere. Coastal Navigation for Class and Home Study is based on the notes prepared for students by the author during some 20 years of teaching navigation, ...

Reducere. At the tender age of 14, Thomas Duncan (1846-1931) was swept up in the fierce winds of civil war as the United States was ripped apart by sectional...

Reducere. The high-pitched shrill of a dental drill invokes fear in most people but for some that same shrill can bring creativity and joy. They are know as ...

Reducere. A paddling guide designed for canoeists and kayakers who want to explore the Cape's rivers, marshes, and shoreline and learn about the region's nat...

Reducere. Aransas: The Life of a Texas Coastal County is a wonderfully researched history of an exciting part of Texas. This is the story of a little place t...

RAF Coastal Command was founded as a formation within the Royal Air Force in 1936, at a time when the RAF was restricted into Fighter, Bomber and C...

Reducere. One of the unique features of the Georgia coast today is its thorough conservation. At first glance, it seems to be a place where nature reigns. Bu...

DescriptionThe author presents a detailed analysis of the construction of ship 17, a Late Period vessel discovered by Franck Goddio and a team from...

Reducere. There's no better way to see the real Maine than by bike. Ranging from half-day jaunts to multiday adventures, these tours take you down nearly 200...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Drawing on a lifetime of study and reflection, the author shows how that resplendent city came to have the institutions, the buildings, and the pat...

An inventive and original Irish writer arrives at the Tuskar Rock list on a wave of prize listings and critical prestige.Publisher: Profile Books L...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Dennis DuncanNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 164 x 240 x 36Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

Reducere. For centuries, outlanders have openly denigrated Louisiana's coastal wetlands residents and their stubborn refusal to abandon the region's fragile ...

DescriptionOriginally published in Japan in 2005, each album in The Japanese Naval Warship photo album series contains official photographs taken b...

Reducere. Every shipwreck has a story that extends far beyond its tragic end. The dramatic tales of disaster, heroism, and folly become even more compelling ...

Reducere. Stratusphunk - George Russell was a unique figure in jazz. He was a theoretician, a composer of note, a working musician, and an educator. He began...

DUNCAN HARLEY takes the reader on a grand tour of the curious and the bizarre, the strange and the unusual from Aberdeenshire's past. Read about th...

Reducere. The immediate question: Is there Treasure on Amelia Island? In this publication, that question will be answered!About author(s): Maritime Archeolog...

Reducere. The U.S. Navy's first planned battle of WWII is told through the extraordinary, little-known story of USS DUNCAN, the first Allied warship to penet...