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Explores the life and times of John Drake Sloat, the US Navy Pacific Squadron commander who occupied Monterey and declared the annexation of California at the beginning of the war with Mexico. Knick……続きを見る

The Vikings were known seafarers so shipbuilding is essential. In this book, you will understand why the Vikings needed to travel by sea and the navigation methods they used. You will also understan……続きを見る

Desde que Castilla miró a poniente tras el descubrimiento y conquista de nuevos territorios en América, inició una expansión imperial que culminó la Monarquía Hispánica y que situó a España como la ……続きを見る

The Battle of the Atlantic, Canada’s longest continuous military engagement of the Second World War, lasted 2,074 days, claiming the lives of more than 4,000 men and women in the Royal Canadian Navy……続きを見る

Si la dureté du cœur humain nous cause encore quelque surprise, c’est lorsque nous voyons l’indifférence que les hommes préoccupés des intérêts de ce monde témoignent à l’égard des phénomènes les pl……続きを見る

LE magnifique bras de mer qui baigne les côtes d’Amérique entre le quarantième et le quarante et unième degré de latitude, est formé par les confluents de l’Hudson, le Hackensack, le Passaic, le Bar……続きを見る

SOIT que nous nous en rapportions au tableau tracé par l’inimitable Cervantès, ou à l’auteur, presque aussi recommandable, à qui Lesage a emprunté son roman immortel ; soit que nous en croyions les ……続きを見る

Naufragé de la Méduse, après une année de malheur et de privations, je rentrai dans le sein de ma famille, pour y rétablir ma santé délabrée, et attendre les ordres du gouvernement. Le souvenir des ……続きを見る

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la caída de Constantinopla, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos, usted podrá:……続きを見る

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la batalla de Accio, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos, usted podrá: • Ente……続きを見る

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la batalla de Lepanto, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá: • Des……続きを見る

De to ubåde af Narhvalen-klassen, Narhvalen og Nordkaperen, markerede på mange måder højdepunktet for det danske ubådsvåben. Med deres ringe størrelse, moderne maskineri, imponerende våbenlast og la……続きを見る

This book sets out the lives of seventeen 'young gentlemen' who were midshipmen under the famous Captain Sir Edward Pellew. Together, aboard the frigate HMS Indefatigable, they fought a celebrated a……続きを見る

SHORTLISTED for the Society for Nautical Research's prestigious Anderson Medal. The press gang is generally regarded as the means by which the British navy solved the problem of recruiting enough se……続きを見る

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Baltic Sea from the earliest times until the twentieth century. It traces developments from Anglo-Saxon times……続きを見る

This book traces the advances and deterioration of the early modern English and French sea forces and relates these changes to concurrent developments within the respective states. Based on extensiv……続きを見る

Nelson - The New Letters, edited by Colin White, presents around 500 of the most important letters uncovered during the course of the epic Nelson Letters Project, a five year search of archives thro……続きを見る

This book discusses memorials - stained glass windows, church, cemetery and public monuments - commemorating British seafarers, shipbuilders and victims of shipwreck from the sixteenth century to th……続きを見る

This book paints a picture of the eighteenth-century British Caribbean as a frontier zone in which war, international rivalry, disease and slavery are paramount themes. It explores the lure of the r……続きを見る

This very substantial, comprehensive dictionary contains entries on all the battles fought at sea by British fleets and ships since Anglo-Saxon times. Major battles, such as Trafalgar or Jutland, mi……続きを見る

This book charts the involvement of the British navy in the Caribbean from the earliest times to the present. It recounts the voyages of sixteenth century English adventurers such as John Hawkins an……続きを見る

This book describes naval warfare during the opening phase of the Hundred Years War, a vital period in the development of the early Royal Navy, in which Edward III's government struggled to harness ……続きを見る

The pirate attack on the British brig Morning Star, en route from Ceylon to London, near Ascension Island in 1828 was one of the most shocking episodes of piracy in the nineteenth century. Although ……続きを見る

This book responds to the increasing interest of maritime historians in the study of ports. These enclaves offer significant insights into a variety of subjects, including ships and shipping; trade,……続きを見る

Just before Vespers on 30 March 1282 at the Church of the Holy Spirit on the outskirts of Palermo, a drunken soldier of the occupying French forces of Charles of Anjou accosted a young Sicilian nobl……続きを見る

Shortlisted for the Maritime Foundation's Mountbatten Award 2018 This book, by a leading expert in the field, is the first major history of yachting for over a quarter of a century. Setting developm……続きを見る

Suspended between sea and sky, battered by the waves and the wind, lighthouses mark the battlelines between the elements. They guard the boundaries between the solid human world and the primordial c……続きを見る

Since 1977 Nathan Miller's concise history of the U.S. Navy has been the standard historical survey read by plebes at the U.S. Naval Academy. Now this highly readable account of the navy, its men an……続きを見る

The story of the first cadet-midshipmen to join the Royal Australian Naval College is without parallel. In 1913 twenty-eight thirteen-year-old boys joined the new Navy at a time when Australia was b……続きを見る

Da Era das Grandes Navegações até chegarmos ao século XXI, mais de meio milênio de história singrada com coração, obstinação, sacrifício, fé e coragem e muitos personagens: o mestiço que se tornou o……続きを見る