From the earliest dugout canoes and the boats of the Ancient Egyptians, to the most technologically advanced modern battleships and cruise-liners, this is the ultimate guide to every aspect of the ship, and those who have sailed them.
Embark on an epic voyage to find out all about the endeavours of the great explorers as they mapped the globe, and see the impact ships have had on trade and industry across the years. Learn about the dramatic historical conflicts in which ships played a vital role, and take a look at seafaring for pleasure and trace fishing through the ages.
This new compact edition is produced in association with the National Maritime Museum, and features every conceivable type of sea-going vessel, from caravels and galleons, warships and yachts to clippers and cruise-liners.
Previous edition ISBN 9781405353366

Ship: 5,000 Years of Maritime Adventure

History

Lavery, Brian

Military

A fascinating journey through more than 5,000 years of seafaring history in this essential guide to the most impressive seafaring tales, explorers, and maritime environments. For more than 5,000 years, the seas have challenged, rewarded, and punished the brave sailors who set forth to explore it. This history of the seas and sailing tells the remarkable story of those individuals - whether they lived to tell the tale themselves or not. From the early Polynesian seafarers and the first full circumnavigations of the globe, to explorers picking their way through the coral reefs of the West Indies, this book tells the compelling story of life at sea that lies behind man's search for new lands, new trade, conquest, and uncharted waters. Charting the great milestones of nautical history from the discovery of America to the establishment of the Royal Navy, the naval history of the American Civil War, the Battle of Midway and modern piracy the book sets all of them in their cultural and historical context.The Conquest of the Ocean is a unique compendium of awe-inspiring tales of epic sea voyages and great feats of seamanship, navigation, endurance, and ingenuity.

A Short History of Seafaring

Science & Math

From Library Journal\nThis handsome publication surveys the evolution of ship modeling, emphasizing the various purposes models have served. 
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Ship Models: Their Purpose and Development from 1650 to the Present

Arts & Photography

Stephens, Simon

National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Zwemmer

The design, construction, and careers―in history and in fiction―of Jack Aubrey’s favorite command. There is no more famous a vessel in naval fiction than HMS Surprise, the principal ship in Patrick O’Brian’s much-celebrated Aubrey-Maturin series of novels. Yet, this 28-gun frigate also had an eventful real career serving in both the French and then the Royal Navies. It was captured from the French in 1796 and took part in the famous cutting-out action on the frigate HMS Hermione, which the Spanish had taken after a savage mutiny. In 1802, after the Peace of Amiens, HMS Surprise was decommissioned and delivered into the fictional captaincy of Jack Aubrey.This sumptuous new volume narrates the career of HMS Surprise in both her historical and her fictional roles and presents an all-embracing construction and fitting history. In addition to historical illustrations, maps, artifacts, and photographs, thirty-five paintings, some specially commissioned, have been contributed by Geoff Hunt, whose art graces the covers of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin novels. Fifty line plans have been drawn by the marine draftsman Karl Heinz Marquardt.50 color; 70 black &amp; white drawings; maps

The Frigate: The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian

Hunt, Geoff

Europe

W.W.Norton&Company

A limited-edition, slipcased hardcover including a signed print by Geoff Hunt: the design, construction, and careers―in history and in fiction―of Jack Aubrey's favorite command. There is no more famous a vessel in naval fiction than HMS Surprise, the principal ship in Patrick O’Brian’s much-celebrated Aubrey-Maturin series of novels. Yet, this 28-gun frigate also had an eventful real career serving in both the French and then the Royal Navies. It was captured from the French in 1796 and took part in the famous cutting-out action on the frigate HMS Hermione, which the Spanish had taken after a savage mutiny. In 1802, after the Peace of Amiens, HMS Surprise was decommissioned and delivered into the fictional captaincy of Jack Aubrey. This sumptuous new volume narrates the career of HMS Surprise in both her historical and her fictional roles and presents an all-embracing construction and fitting history. In addition to historical illustrations, maps, artifacts, and photographs, thirty-five paintings, some specially commissioned, have been contributed by Geoff Hunt, whose art graces the covers of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin novels. Fifty line plans have been drawn by the marine draftsman Karl Heinz Marquardt. This limited edition, slipcased hardcover contains a signed print by Geoff Hunt. 50 color; 70 black &amp; white drawings; maps

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Can you remember Australia's '70s? The Vietnam War and the Cold War, the politics, the flower people, the music, the hopes? 
Do you recall that Member of Parliament who led Moratorium marches against war, wrote liberation books he struggled to sell, helped bring down a Government? Who gave the hungry press a feast of scandals?\nAnd, oh, those naked full-moon "ConFests" with all the Minister's happy hippie mates?\nWell, this old hippie was there, and those mates were his mates, all living their stories.\nBut stick with your own memories, because this old man's telling probably isn't what happened.\nThe remembering? 
Yes, it's the remembering that becomes the problem. 
Some history never becomes history. No-one finally remembers what happened. No-one recorded it.\nSo, this is that record.\nBefore the remembering stops, because already it's nearly half a century ago.\nA hippie rambling. 
Almost the missing diary.

Down to Earth

Australia & Oceania

Brian Lavery

Horatio Nelson was undoubtedly Britain's greatest naval leader and perhaps the greatest sea commander of all time. Although his complex character often made him enemies he was an unrivalled seaman, an original and brave tactitian and a charasmatic leader. This biography charts Nelson's career from his first naval posting, at the age of just 12, to his rapid rise through the ranks, his command of the Mediterranean Fleet in HMS Victory, the transformation of his reputation during the Nile Campaign and his heroic death at Trafalgar. The book examines the forces and events which shaped Nelson's life to discover the reasons for his extraordinary fame, both in his own time and to this day. Brian Lavery sets the events of Nelson's maritime career against the backdrop of his personal life to reveal a man of determination, courage and daring. Illustrated throughout with contemporary maps, paintings and letters and original battle plans, this text should provide a concise and invaluable insight into the achievements and life of Horation, Lord Nelson.

Horatio Lord Nelson (British Library Historic Lives)

Biographies & Memoirs

The British Library

What was it really like to be at sea in the Navy with Nelson? Were that sailors excited about the Battle of Trafalgar, or suffering scurvey? How did life compare between those of a high rank, and those who served them? What were conditions like below the decks, living among the rats and the filth? How did you cope if you suffered from sea sickness? This book takes you back in time to see, hear, smell and taste what life was really like for these brave sailors at sea.

Life in Nelson's Navy

Sutton Pub Ltd

Legendary Journeys: Ships unfolds the enthralling history of sea-going vessels as they sailed across the globe, from the invention of simple rafts and dugouts to the new technologies of today's luxury liners. Ten two-stage sliders with die-cuts and flaps make dramatic features that pull out to reveal amazing details of the world's iconic ships and their inner workings. You can also share the experience of passengers sailing on the world's great ships, including Captain James Cooke, botanist Joseph Banks and Molly Brown who survived the sinking of the TITANIC.

Legendary Journeys: Ships

Children's Books

Cars, Trains & Things That Go

Kingfisher

From dugout canoes and the boats of the Ancient Egyptians to battleships and modern cruise liners, Ship looks at every aspect of water-going vessels and the people who have sailed them. Now in compact paperback!

Ship: The Epic Story of Maritime Adventure

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

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Ship: 5,000 Years of Maritime Adventure

A Short History of Seafaring

Ship Models: Their Purpose and Development from 1650 to the Present

The Frigate: The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian

The Frigate: The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian

Down to Earth

Horatio Lord Nelson (British Library Historic Lives)

Life in Nelson's Navy

Legendary Journeys: Ships

Ship: The Epic Story of Maritime Adventure