Here is an encyclopedia of maritime history that, in scope and depth, rivals the expansiveness of the sea itself. The Encyclopedia covers the entire history of seafaring, from ancient Egyptian shipbuilders to Viking sea-raiders, from Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars to the voyages of Cheng Ho, from the European conquerors of the New World to the nuclear submarines and supertankers of today.

This reprint of Darcy Lever's 1819 second edition is a true treasure. For those interested in naval history and square-rigged ships, this book is an absolute necessity.

This is the best description of the hard life of an American sailor in the 1870s. It is well documented with sea chanteys, pictures and explanatory footnotes.

This beautifully illustrated book paints a realistic picture of the everyday life of the ordinary seaman in the American and British navies from 1750 to 1910 through manuscripts, journals, diaries, logs, books, ceramics, textiles, metals, ship models, and photography.

In nearly 140 photographs, prints and plans (most drawn by the author, an accomplished marine architect), you'll find a first-rate cross-section of a wide range of sailing ships from the eighteenth through early twentieth centuries.

The America's Cup presents a history of the race as told by photographs of the boats that sailed for the cup. Featuring over 100 classic images from the Beken of Cowes archives and an introductory essay by designer Olin Stephens about the changes in yacht design over the decades, The America's Cup is a treat for salty sea dogs and land lubbers alike.

McNitt imposingly covers the history of not only yachting but, reaching back to the days when sail-training vessels were first-line warships, also sail training at Annapolis.

A tribute to the last days of the great merchant sailboats and their crews from a unique photographic talent. The photographic work of Alan Villiers is arguably the most important photo-historical record of early-twentieth-century maritime history in the world. In capturing on film life aboard the last of the great merchant sail ships, he has provided us with a singular record of the end of an era.

An exciting anthology of the best-written and most-representative accounts of life aboard commercial square-rigged sailing ships in the final fifty years of their existence.

From the Thirteenth century through the Nineteenth, the waterways of the world provided the major means of transportation for exploration, trade, the military, and even criminals. Find out what life was like for those who chose to sail the high seas, as well as for those who didn't choose to be on board, like wives brought to sea by husbands and slaves en route to the auction block.

A distinguished nautical historian provides an absolutely fascinating glimpse into the lives of the intrepid women who went to sea during the great age of sail. Countless females set sail for reasons of adventure, romance, or duty in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. Included among their numbers were the wives or mistresses of ships' officers, prostitutes, female pirates, and women disguised as male sailors.

A maritime history of the 20th century, covering every aspect of shipping, from commercial and merchant shipping to today's yacht races and cruise ships. A full chapter is devoted to sailing ships.

Board the elegant queens and "floating palaces" of nearly a century and walk their historic decks and passageways into a magical world. This beautifully printed volume offers over 200 superb black-and-white photographs depicting the lavish interiors of the most magnificent liners that sailed the seas from the 1890s to the 1980s.

The great luxury liners are all but extinct today, a glorious closed chapter in the history of transportation. This sumptuous volume recalls that splendid time when the great steamers were the proudest ships afloat. Over 180 superb photographs (many never before published and rare) depict, both exterior and interior, a total of 101 ships.

A Dover original. Covering all ships of 15,000 tons and over from The Great Eastern (1860) to the Grand Princess (due 1997 at 100,000 tons). Four hundred photos are captioned with data on builder, tonnage, length, beam, speed, passenger capacity.

Two noted authorities on ocean liners have assembled a memorable pictorial tribute to the Cunard Line. An extensive text, fact-filled captions, and scores of dramatic photos and illustrations depict and describe an eye-filling convoy of Cunard ships that made maritime history, including the Campania and Lucania, the Mauretania, the ill-fated Lusitania, the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Elizabeth 2.

More than 85 years after her sinking, the story of the Titanic continues to fascinate us. Now Paul Quinn brings us a fresh narrative featuring extensive survivor testimony and all new artwork.

In its boxy photographic layout and sober prose, the book feels like a historic artifact itself. The authors scrupulously avoid any trace of modern hype, letting the quietly stated facts speak for themselves.