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 There are many books written about Merchant Ships, Clippers, Whalers etc. from the Age of Sail. This section lists some of them. |
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- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
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Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick's new book tells the story of the Pilgrim fathers who set sail on the Mayflower and the bloody battle they ultimately waged against the Native Americans.Behind the quaint and pious version of the Mayflower story usually taught in American primary schools is a tumultuous and largely untold tale of violence, subterfuge and epic drama.Following the Pilgrims from their perilous journey from England on a battered, leaky ship, through their first bitter North American winter (during which half of them died), to their equally bitter battle against the native Wampanoag tribe fifty years later, Philbrick paints a vivid and compelling picture of conflict, colonialism and a grim determination to survive in an unforgiving and, to the Europeans, dangerously alien environment.Among the litany of hardships, however, are stories of friendship and co-operation among the settlers and indigenous peoples, whose timely assistance on more than one occasion rescued the Pilgrims from otherwise certain death. This delicate and unstable relationship continued until King Philip's war, a terribly bloody conflict which decimated the English population and all but obliterated the Wampanoag. Central to the story of this decisive American battle are a host of marvellous characters, including Benjamin Church, the Plymouth-born frontiersman who used his knowledge of 'Indian ways' to help the British defeat Philip.In capturing the drama and uncertainty of the first fifty years of settlement at Plymouth, Philbrick's fascinating history sets the stage for the later developments that would define the American nation and its inexorable push west. |
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- By: Marilyn Clay
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18th - 19th Century Women at Sea is a lively and entertaining account of the three types of women one would normally find, legally or illegally, on board a ship during this time period—prostitutes, officer's and midshipmen's wives and other female passengers during wartime, and women masquerading as sailors or crewmen. Colorful but true and factual accounts of surprising and certainly, little-known, incidents are drawn from letters written by sailors and other men at sea, from diaries of such figures as Admiral Horatio Nelson, and from autobiographies written in the late 1700s by women, such as Mary Lacy, who took to the sea masquerading as men and lived to tell of their experiences. Noted historians who have published works on the same subject are quoted and referenced. For further study, a list of bibliographical sources is included. |
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- By: Richard Woodman
- AOS Other Non-Fiction
- Title: A Brief History of Mutiny: Furious, Savage and Bloody - 400 Years of Rebellion
- First Published by: Robinson Publishing
- First Published Format: PB
- First Published Date: April 2005
- ISBN-10: 1841197378
- ISBN-13: 9781841197371
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- By: Tom Bowling
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- Title: A Brief History of Pirates and Buccaneers
- First Published by: Robinson Publishing
- First Published Format: PB
- First Published Date: 28 January 2010
- ISBN-10: 1-849012-79-2
- ISBN-13: 978-1849012799
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- By: Richard Woodman
- AOS Other Non-Fiction
- Title: A Low Set of Blackguards: The East India Company and its Maritime Service 1600-1834 (Vol.1)
- First Published Format: Kindle
- First Published Date: 1 August 2016
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- By: Richard Woodman
- AOS Other Non-Fiction
- Title: A Low Set of Blackguards: The East India Company and its Maritime Service 1600-1834 (Vol.2)
- First Published Format: Kindle
- First Published Date: 26 April 2017