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  • Lighthouse Families, 2nd Edition
    Bruce Roberts / Cheryl Shelton-Roberts
    What was it like to live and work at a lighthouse during the heyday of shipping and fishing? How did lighthouse keepers and their families stationed on remote islands while away the long, cold, lonely hours between trips to the mainland for food and supplies? Here you’ll find a record of the charming memories and stories of America’s lighthouse keepers, including descriptions o...
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    14,62 €

  • International seafarers and transnationalism in the twenty-first century
    Helen Sampson
    Winner, 2014 BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed inaugural award for ethnography, in association with the British Sociological Association This ethnographic account of seafarers considers issues of transnationalism in the twenty-first century and discusses the detailed life experiences of migrant workers in this context. It argues for a consideration of the social space available to...
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    157,66 €

  • Smuggling
    Alan L. Karras / Alan LKarras
    In this lively book, Alan L. Karras traces the history of smuggling around the world and explores all aspects of this pervasive and enduring crime. Through a compelling set of cases drawn from a rich array of historical and contemporary sources, Karras shows how smuggling of every conceivable good has flourished in every place, at every time. Significantly, Karras draws a clear...
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    46,03 €

  • Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin
    William Parker Snow
    John Franklin (1786-1847) was a famous Arctic explorer that sailed to find the North-West Passage. Becoming a haunting tale of history now known as Franklin’s lost expedition. Franklin and his crew were last seen by whalers in Baffin Bay in July 1845. Many rescue missions were launched thereafter to find the lost ships, HMS Terror and Erebus. This detailed account also includes...
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    38,55 €

  • In the Arctic Seas - A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions
    Francis Leopold McClintock / Francis Leopold M’Clintock
    The North-West Passage had thwarted the attempts of many expeditions by the mid nineteenth century, but none were so famous as the disappearance of Sir John Franklin and his crew. After two years with no word, a £20,000 reward was offered to anyone who could find the expedition, leading to many rescue missions. One such attempt was made by Irish explorer in the British Royal Na...
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    30,54 €

  • The North-West Passage and the Fate of Sir John Franklin
    James Alexander Browne
    John Franklin (1786-1847) was a famous Arctic explorer that sailed to find the North-West Passage. Becoming a haunting tale of history, Franklin and his crew were last seen by whalers in Baffin Bay in July 1845. Many rescue missions were launched thereafter to find the lost ships, HMS Terror and Erebus. This detailed account also includes descriptions of the many missions to fi...
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    31,79 €

  • The Polar Regions - or, A Search After Sir John Franklin’s Expedition
    Sherard Osborn
    John Franklin (1786-1847) was a famous Arctic explorer that sailed to find the North-West Passage. Becoming a haunting tale of history, Franklin and his crew were last seen by whalers in Baffin Bay in July 1845. Many rescue missions were launched thereafter to find the lost ships, HMS Terror and Erebus. This detailed account also includes descriptions of the many missions to fi...
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    33,66 €

  • Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea- In the Years 1819-20-21-22 - The Complete Edition
    John Franklin
    Sir John Franklin (1786–1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer who served in wars against the United States and Napoleonic France. He led three expeditions into the Canadian Arctic in 1819, 1825, and 1845. In his last expedition to force the Northwest Passage, his ship became stuck in the ice leading to many unsuccessful rescue missions. “Narrative of a Jour...
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    33,70 €

  • Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal - or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin’s Expedition
    Sherard Osborn
    The North-West Passage had thwarted the attempts of many expeditions by the mid nineteenth century, but none were so famous as the disappearance of Sir John Franklin and his crew. After two years with no word, a £20,000 reward was offered to anyone who could find the expedition, leading to many rescue missions. One such attempt was the search mission of 1850–1 under Horatio Tho...
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    23,32 €

  • Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions
    Peter Lund Simmonds
    John Franklin (1786-1847) was a famous Arctic explorer that sailed to find the North-West Passage. Becoming a haunting tale of history now known as Franklin’s lost expedition. Franklin and his crew were last seen by whalers in Baffin Bay in July 1845. Many rescue missions were launched thereafter to find the lost ships, HMS Terror and Erebus. This gripping book written by Peter...
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    37,50 €

  • Titanic
    Seeds - McMoneagle
    This book solves Titanic’s final mysteries including:- the Captain’s final actions and how and where he really died - he did not drown;- the unknown crows nest actions as the ice approached resulting in why the starboard (ice side) lookout disappeared, his death and grave historically falsified while he was still alive, and where he was subsequently buried;- the impact of the n...
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    14,85 €

  • The Buccaneers of America
    John Esquemeling
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    67,82 €

  • Vancouver’s Discovery of Puget Sound
    Edmond S Meany
    The geographic names on the Atlantic seaboard were in use for more than a century before the war of the American Revolution was fought.Just as that war was beginning the first Spanish caravels crept northward from New Spain toward the fabled Straits of Anian. After the war was ended the wild coasts along the Pacific were a lure for the explorer and the fur trader. Voyages of th...
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    13,46 €

  • Titanic’s Last Secrets
    Brad Matsen
    After rewriting history with their discovery of a Nazi U-boat off the coast of New Jersey, legendary divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler decided to investigate the great enduring mystery of history's most notorious shipwreck: Why did Titanic sink as quickly as it did?To answer the question, Chatterton and Kohler assemble a team of experts to explore Titanic, study its ...
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    26,82 €

  • In the Lena Delta
    George W. Melville / George WMelville
    In the Lena Delta is a compelling narrative of The Jeannette Expedition to the Arctic, 1879-1881. Written in intricate detail, this first-hand account recalls the unfortunate fate of the ship and its 33 crew members after setting out on a voyage to reach the North Pole. This work by George Melville, the ship’s engineer, narrates the catastrophic events that followed the ship’s ...
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    26,81 €

  • Maritime History as World History
    Daniel Finamore
    From the foreword: "In the 21st century the division between the maritime and terrestrial worlds has virtually disappeared. Events and issues that previously involved only maritime subjects need to be reexamined today from the perspective of those events and developments occurring simultaneously ashore. It is through this approach, as demonstrated by this fine collection of ess...
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    42,84 €

  • Harbour Burning
    Bill Hagelund
    The history surrounding the growth of Vancouver from a wilderness lumber port into one of the largest, most successful international shipping centers in the world is a varied and exciting one. But often overlooked in these stories is the role that the Vancouver Fire Department played.Following the great fire of 1886 that destroyed much of this emerging city, Captain John Carlis...
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    33,58 €

  • The Blood-Red Arab Flag
    Charles E. Davies / Charles E. Dr. Davies
    In a scholarly but accessible account founded on contemporary sources, illustrated with testimonies of eye-witnesses and participants, this book sets out to decide the controversial question of whether the Qawasim were in fact pirates after acquiring an enduring reputation as such during the years 1797-1820. ...
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    143,92 €

  • Twenty Florida Pirates
    Kevin M McCarthy / Kevin M. McCarthy
    Blackbeard, Jose Gaspar, Jean Lafitte—the names conjure up a romantic, swashbuckling figure with a black patch over one eye, a cutlass in his teeth, and a brace of pistols tucked into his waistband. Actors such as Errol Flynn did much to create that devil-may-care attitude glamorized on the silver screen, but in fact, real pirates were not so admirable; for the most part they w...
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    21,57 €

  • Thirty Florida Shipwrecks
    Kevin M McCarthy / Kevin M. McCarthy / Kevin MMcCarthy
    This book offers thirty of the most interesting shipwrecks-from the tale of young Fontaneda, to the story of the Coast Guard cutter Bibb. ...
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    23,18 €

  • Privateering and Colonization in the Reign of Elizabeth I
    Privateering, ship design, English society, the lost colonists, the drawing of John White, and the adoption of Sir Walter Raleigh as an American folk hero are among the topics covered in this volume. Illustrated. ...
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    41,23 €

  • Venice, a Maritime Republic
    Frederic Chapin Lane
    Combining engrossing detail and magisterial overview, 'Venice, A Maritime Republic' traces the history of Venice from its origins in the sixth century through its rise and decline as the first modern empire of Europe. 'Among the many cities men have made, ' Frederic C. Lane Writes, 'Venice stands out as a symbol of beauty, of wise government, and of community controlled capital...
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    56,11 €


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