Here, at last, is the definitive cruising guide to a region that beckons sailors from New England and beyond. For two decades, Nicholas Tracy has sailed these fabled waterways, taking notes all the while. The result is a comprehensive and entertaining guide of unsurpassed accuracy. From the dramatic cliffs of Grand Manan island to the pastoral shores of the St. John River and the tidal rivers of the Annapolis Basin, this book has all the navigation information the cruising boater needs. Included are all the snug harbors and tricky passages, from the Lubec Channel and the infamous Reversing Falls to the shores of Cape Sable. The guide is handsomely illustrated with drawings and sketch charts. There is information on customs regulations, anchorages, sources of fuel and provisions, and shoreside life and customs.

A Cruising Guide to the Bay of Fundy and the St. John River

Sports & Outdoors

Tracy, Nicholas

Water Sports

Intl Marine Pub

Attack on maritime trade

Business & Money

Economics

Macmillan

Britannia's Palette looks at the lives of British artists who witnessed the naval war against the French Republic and Empire between 1793 and 1815. This band of brothers, through their artistic and entrepreneurial efforts, established the images of the war at sea that were central to the understanding their contemporaries had of events - images that endure to this day. In this unprecedented book, Nicholas Tracy reveals the importance of the self-employed artist to the study of a nation at war. He includes lively accounts of serving officers, retired sailors, and academy-trained artists who, often under the threat of debtor's prison, struggled to balance the standards of art with the public desire for heroic, reassuring images. Containing over eighty illustrations, Britannia's Palette explores a varied and exciting collection of paintings that reveal the poignancy of the human experience of war.

Britannia's Palette: The Arts of Naval Victory

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

McGill-Queen's University Press

A Two-Edged Sword: The Navy as an Instrument of Canadian Foreign Policy (Carleton Library Series) (Volume 225)

In the first major study of the Royal Canadian Navy's contribution to foreign policy, Nicholas Tracy takes a comprehensive look at the paradox that Canada faces in participating in a system of collective defence as a means of avoiding subordination to other countries. Created in 1910 to support Canadian autonomy, the Royal Canadian Navy has played an important role in defining Canada's relationship with the United Kingdom, the United States, and NATO. Initially involved with participation in Imperial and Commonwealth defence, the RCN's role shifted following the Second World War to primarily ensuring the survival of the NATO alliance and deflecting American influence over Canada. Tracy demonstrates the ways in which the Navy's priorities have realigned since the end of the Cold War, this time partnering with the US and NATO navies in global policing. Insightful, detailed, and grounded in solid historical scholarship, A Two-Edged Sword presents a complete portrait of the shifting relevance and future of a cornerstone of Canadian defence.

History

Military

This book focuses on British defence policy in the period between the Seven Years' War and French intervention in the American Revolution. It is a study of coercive diplomacy and of the influence of defence considerations in foreign policy, particularly as applied to the naval relationship between Britain and Fance at the outbreak of the American Revolution -- a subject of considerable significance in understanding how American independence was made possible.

Navies, Deterrence and American Independence: Britain and Sea Power in the 1760s and 1770s

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Univ of British Columbia Pr

One of the key functions of Canadian armed forces in the Gulf War was the naval enforcement of the trade embargo on Iraq. Such action has been considered a critical component of international affairs for centuries. In this study Nicholas Tracy considers the motives for attack on maritime trade, and assesses its strategic utility. He begins with a discussion of the strategic purposes of this kind of activity, and goes on to consider its applications in the twentieth century: during the First World War, through the Belligerents’ Rights dispute and the rise of the ‘New Mercantilism,’ in trade control between the wars, and on several fronts in the Second World War. Finally he examines instances of naval blockade and attack on shipping since 1945, and offers a number of conclusions about its effectiveness.

Attack on Maritime Trade

Historical Study & Educational Resources

University of Toronto Press

From 1799 to 1819 more than 1,000 pages of British naval news and views were published every year in The Naval Chronicle, including action reports, intelligence of foreign naval matters, and biographies of officers. In short, it was the most important original account of the naval part of the Napoleonic Wars. Outside the major libraries the 40 volumes of The Naval Chronicle are not generally available. This new consolidated edition, in five volumes, contains all the most significant material from the originals, including Admiral Nelson's only autobiographical record.

THE NAVAL CHRONICLE: The Contemporary Record of the Royal Navy at War, Volume IV: 1807­-1810 (Volume 4)

Stackpole Books

This second volume of a fascinating and thought-provoking series continues to explore every aspect of international maritime history from 1500 to 1860. Notable contributors cover a variety of topics, including Chris Ware on the Honorable John Byng's controversial rise to flag rank, Lars Einarsson on the wreck of the Swedish ship Kronan, Colin Jones on the White Star Line's Red Jacket, Dan Harris on English shipwrights working in Denmark and Sweden in the eighteenth century, Tom Wareham on John Borlase Warren and the Expedition to Quiberon Bay in 1795, Martin Robson on the British approach to amphibious warfare from 1793 to 1815, and Karl Heinz Marquardt on the ship model known as the Hamburg conveyor Wapen von Hamburg III. A treasure trove of reviews, notes, news, online resources, and a gallery of images completes these not-to-be-missed collector's volumes.

The Age of Sail: The International Annual of the Historic Sailing Ship, Vol. 2 (Age of Sail Annual)

Naval_Institute_Press

In 1762, at the end of the Seven Years War, a small but technically proficient force of British Army regulars and East India Company soldiers, supported by the ships and men of the East Indies Squadron of the Royal Navy, sailed from Madras to capture Manila. Commanded by General William Draper and Vice-Admiral Samuel Cornish, they captured the greatest Spanish fortress in the western Pacific and attempted to establish a trade with China.

Manila Ransomed: The British Assault on Manila in the Seven Years War (Exeter Maritime Studies)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Liverpool University Press

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