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White-Jacket
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Herman Melville |
In the year 1843 I shipped as Ordinary seaman on
board of a United States frigate, then lying in a harbour
of the Pacific Ocean. After remaining in this frigate for
more than a year, I was disc… |
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New worlds ahead: stories of Tudor and Stuart voyages
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John Hampden |
192 p. 23 cm |
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The Commodore
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Patrick O'Brian |
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. All twenty books are being re-issued by Harper Perennial with stunning new … |
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Destroyers
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Michael Green |
Discusses the history, weapons, missions, and possible future of Navy destroyers. |
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False Colors
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Alex Beecroft |
For his first command, John Cavendish is given the elderly bomb vessel HMS Meteor, and a crew as ugly as the ship. He’s determined to make a success of their first mission, and hopes the well-liked l… |
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Perilous fight
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Stephen Budiansky |
"In Perilous Fight, Stephen Budiansky tells the rousing story of the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812, when an upstart American fleet fought off the legendary Royal Navy and established America as a … |
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The United States Navy
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Edward Latimer Beach |
Thoroughly illustrated with maps, charts, and photographs, this anecdotal history of the U.S. Navy examines the impact of innovation and technology on the service as it chronicles the Navy's colorful… |
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The mountain of gold
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J. D. Davies |
Beset by pirates, Knights of Malta, and saboteurs, Captain Matthew Quinton sails to Africa in pursuit of a mountain of gold. When a captured Barbary pirate saves his neck with a tall tale of a fabled… |
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Hornblower & the Crisis
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C. S. Forester |
The final Horatio Hornblower story tells of Napoleon's plans to invade England ... Set in 1805, Hornblower and the Crisis finds Horatio Hornblower in possession of confidential dispatches from Bonapa… |
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The Mathews men
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William Geroux |
One of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: the U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine who were supplying the European war, and one community… |
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Black Salt
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Ray Costello |
During the Age of Sail, black seamen could be found in many shipboard roles in the Royal Navy, such as gunners, deck-hands and 'top men', working at heights in the rigging. In the later Age of Steam,… |
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Brown waters of Africa
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John P. Cann |
During World War II, Portugal played its cards uncommonly well as a neutral and subsequently became a member of NATO. This membership resulted in a modernizing of its navy and its integration into th… |
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Pasha
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Julian Stockwin |
"Word has come from the British ambassador Arbuthnot that the neutral Turks are being wooed by the French and if the ancient city of Constantinople falls into their hands, Napoleon's route to India w… |
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The Man Without a Country
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Edward Everett Hale |
The story of a U.S. Navy officer involved in the treason of Aaron Burr. |
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Orbis Maritimus
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Domenico Carro |
L'impero romano è stato fondato, organizzato e governato da Augusto secondo delle linee di condotta che sono poi state adottate anche dai successivi Cesari, salvo alcune limitate varianti che con il … |
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The mutiny on board the H.M.S. Bounty
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Kenton K. Smith |
Captain William Bligh recorded the most famous mutiny in sea history when a group of his men forced him from his ship and cast him adrift into the sea. Sail with Captian Bligh, on the Bounty, and the… |
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Fortune's Favorite
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Christopher J. Valin |
138 pages : 23 cm |
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British Maritime Enterprise in the New World
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Peter T. Bradley |
A comprehensive survey of voyages by British seamen to North, Central and S. America, in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Caribbean, and the Arctic. |
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The Pirate Queen
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Susan Ronald |
Dubbed the "pirate queen" by the Vatican and Spain's Philip II, Elizabeth I was feared and admired by her enemies. Extravagant, whimsical, and hot-tempered, Elizabeth was the epitome of power. Her vi… |
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Medieval Naval Warfare, 1000-1500 (Warfare and History)
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Susan Rose |
How were medieval navies organised, and how did powerful rulers use them? Medieval Naval Warfare, 1000-1500 provides a wealth of information about the strategy and tactics of these early fleets and t… |
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