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  • Steamboat Disasters on the Western Waters (Abridged, Annotated)

    de James T. Lloyd ...
    According to James Lloyd, the 1856 publisher of this guide, "The price of this volume is so small, that every man, woman and child, should have a copy for reference..."However true that may have been, they might not have wanted to refer to it while ACTUALLY RIDING ON A STEAMBOAT.The largest portion of the book is taken up with detailed accounts of horrific steamboat accidents involving boiler ... Leer más

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  • The Admiral Benbow

    The Life and Times of a Naval Legend

    de Sam Willis ...
    Series series Hearts of Oak Trilogy
    Admiral John Benbow was an English naval hero, a fighting sailor of ruthless methods but indomitable courage. Benbow was a man to be reckoned with.In 1702, however, when Benbow engaged a French squadron off the Spanish main, other ships in his squadron failed to support him. His leg shattered by a cannon-ball, Benbow fought on - but to no avail: the French escaped and the stricken Benbow succumbed ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Fire Canoe

    Prairie Steamboat Days Revisited

    de Ted Barris ...
    The story of steamboating in the Canadian West comes to life in the voices of those aboard the vessels of the waterways of the Prairies.Their captains were seafaring skippers who had migrated inland. Their pilots were indigenous people who could read the shoals, sandbars, and currents of Prairie waterways. Their operators were businessmen hoping to reap the benefits of commercial enterprise along ... Leer más

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  • Ice!

    de Tristan Jones ...
    The author of The Incredible Voyage sets out on a "simply tremendous" and death-defying adventure sailing through the Arctic Ocean ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Retiring on a pension after being torpedoed in WWII, Tristan Jones embarks on a test of endurance that will last over two years, nearly killing him more than once. Attempting to sail farther North than anyone ever has, he embarks from ... Leer más

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  • Until the Sea Shall Free Them

    Life, Death and Survival in the Merchant Marine

    de Robert Frump ...
    A devastating disaster at sea . . . an officer who refuses to hide the truth. . . a courtroom confrontation with far-reaching implications . . . The Perfect Storm meets A Civil Action in a gripping account of one of the most significant shipwrecks of the twentieth century.In 1983 the Marine Electric, a “reconditioned” World War II vessel, was on a routine voyage thirty miles off the East Coast of ... Leer más

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  • Treasure Island the Untold Story

    de john Amrhein ...
    TIIT HAPPENED! In 1750, fifty-five chests of silver pieces of eight were stolen from a Spanish galleon at Ocracoke, North Carolina, and carried to the West Indies where most of it was buried on Norman Island, a deserted key in the Virgin Islands. The islands of St. Kitts, St. Eustatius, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Anguilla, and Antigua also found themselves embroiled in the aftermath. Afterwards, the ... Leer más

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  • The Ismay Line

    The Titanic, the White Star Line and the Ismay family

    de Wilton J. Oldham ...
    The Ismay Line charts the rise and fall of one of the most eminent British shipping companies - and tells the story of the family behind it. The founder of the White Star Line, T H Ismay, pioneered a revolutionary design of iron steamships, built for him by Harland & Wolff of Belfast. By the time of his death in 1899 he had become the most successful steamship owner in the world. He was succeeded ... Leer más

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  • Pirate Hunter

    The Life of Captain Woodes Rogers

    de Graham A. Thomas ...
    On 2 August 1708 Captain Woodes Rogers set sail from Bristol with two ships, the Duke and Duchess, on an epic voyage of circumnavigation that was to make him famous. 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 ... Leer más

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  • Nga Waka o Nehera

    de Jeff Evans ...
    Finally back in print after more than twelve years, this is the essential reference work to the traditions of Maori canoes that voyaged to New Zealand – including lists of the waka, names of crew members and vessels, karakia and waiata, and maps. A must for lovers of history, students of Maori and nautical enthusiasts. ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Tales from the Captain's Log

    de The National Archives ...
    For centuries, ships' commanders kept journals that recorded their missions. These included voyages of discovery to unknown lands, engagements in war and sea and general trade. Many of their logs, diaries and letters were lodged at The National Archives and give a vivid picture of the situations that they encountered.Entries range from Captain James Cook's notes of his discovery of the South ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Captain of the Carpathia

    The seafaring life of Titanic hero Sir Arthur Henry Rostron

    de Eric L. Clements ...
    Responding to Titanic's distress calls in the early hours of 15 April 1912, Captain Arthur Rostron raced the Cunard liner Carpathia to the scene of the sinking, rescued the seven hundred survivors of the world's most famous shipwreck and then carried them to safety at New York. After twenty-five years at sea, the competence and compassion Rostron displayed during the rescue made him a hero on two ... Leer más

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  • Twenty Years Before the Mast

    de Charles Erskine ...
    In 1838 the able-bodied seaman Charles Erskine joined the exploring expedition of Charles Wilkes who was setting out on a voyage of discovery around the world.From the Pacific to Antarctic to Atlantic, Erskine would travel with this expedition to the furthest corners of the Earth.He would go on to travel to some of the most unexplored regions, meeting men and women who had never seen westerners ... Leer más

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