Sons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail, Paperback - Stephen Taylor

A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain's trade, exploration, and warfare "No other boo...

A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain's trade, exploration, and warfare

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Marcus RedikerNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 155 x 228 x 26Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

The story of how three individuals conquered the plague of the seaPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Stephen BownIllustration(s): 20 Illust...

Reducere. Scurvy took a terrible toll in the Age of Sail, killing more sailors than were lost in all sea battles combined. The threat of the disease kept shi...

Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how navies in previ...

The only detailed English-language study of this great sea battle.

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Reducere. The Age of Sail has long fascinated readers, writers, and the general public. Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, Jack London et al. treated ships at s...

Reducere. DescriptionChatham Sea Captains in the Age of Sail chronicles the lives and adventures of twenty-five men who traveled the seas from the eighteenth...

Publisher: Random House AustraliaAuthor(s): Peter FitzSimonsNumber of pages: 768Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 200 x 129 x 52Cover type: Paperba...

Reducere. When, as a young man in the 1880s, Benjamin Lundy signed up for duty aboard a square-rigged commercial sailing vessel, he began a journey more exci...

To mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Robinson Crusoe, this book looks at some of the stories which inspired Daniel Defoe - stories o...

A remarkable intellectual history of the slave revolts that made the modern revolutionary era

Reducere. Praise for BROADSIDES""Pace the pitching black deck with a sleepless Admiral Nelson the night before battle bestows eternal rest and peerless immor...

Reducere. For many of those who are even familiar with his name, George Whitfield is thought of as a preacher, a man connected with the Great Awakening in th...

The only published listing of career histories for Dutch warships of this period. A 'must have' reference work for anyone interested in this field,...

DescriptionAll successful people are the same (you know, drive, will to win, determination) - it's just too dull to contemplate. But everyone who m...

Combining empirical and theoretical approaches from a range of disciplines, Linguistic Identities in the Arab Gulf States examines current issues s...

The future of Star Trek is modelled on the world of the British Golden Age of Sail as it is commonly found in the genre of sea fiction. Star Trek a...

Praise for BROADSIDES""Pace the pitching black deck with a sleepless Admiral Nelson the night before battle bestows eternal rest and peerless immor...

A long overdue exploration of gay representation on British TV from its 'golden age' to the launch of the liberal Channel 4

Trucking in the Age of Information provides a comprehensive overview of the contemporary trucking industry. Prior research on trucking has focused ...

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Reducere. A remarkable intellectual history of the slave revolts that made the modern revolutionary eraThe Common Wind is a gripping and colorful account of ...

Tourism Marketing: In the Age of the Consumer offers a fresh and contemporary approach as an introductory textbook on tourism marketing. Six major ...

This international collection of case studies examines the spatial dynamics of today's music industry. Students of geography, business, economics, ...

Glamorous heiress Elsie Mackay could have lived her life in the social whirl of high society, partying with princes and dancing with dukes. Instead...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Alexander TzonisIllustration(s): 79 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 222Publication date: 2011D...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Michael (Dublin City University, Ireland) CroninNumber of pages: 178Collection: New Perspectives in Trans...