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  • Breve historia de los viajes de Colón
    Juan Gabriel Rodríguez Laguna
    Profundice en la búsqueda del Nuevo Mundo desde un punto de vista histórico y antropológico. Desde las primeras exploraciones, el contexto histórico de Colón y la España de los Reyes Católicos hasta los 4 viajes colombinos y el choque con las civilizaciones prehispánicas. Una visión completa y rigurosa basada en los últimos hallazgos arqueológicos. Asista al Descubrimiento de A...
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    17,89 €

  • Mutiny, Mayhem, Mythology
    Alan Frost
    In 1789, as the Bounty was sailing through the western Pacific Ocean on its return voyage with a cargo of Tahitian plants, disgruntled crewmen seized control of the ship from their captain. The mutineers set their captain and the 18 men who remained loyal to him adrift in one of the ship’s boats, with minimal food supplied and navigational aids, and only four cutlasses for weap...
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    27,23 €

  • The Ancient Israeli Tribe of Dan and the Sea Peoples
    John Bennett
    The impact on history of the Sea Peoples and ancient Hebrew/Phoenician seafaring explorers cannot be over-emphasized. If you can never seem to get far from the ocean; If your life isn’t complete without your feet in salt water, you probably are “Sea Peoples”. This book will show you your ancestors, as far back as there were sails. Now you’ll know why you are who you are. ...
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    6,46 €

  • Guerra submarina
    José Manuel Gutiérrez de la Cámara Señán
    Las estrategias de la cruel y despiadada guerra submarina en el atlántico norte, que fue clave para la victoria final en las dos guerras mundiales.La guerra submarina es la gran desconocida en todos los libros de historia. Conocemos las fechas y las batallas terrestres y aéreas, pero ¿cómo participan los submarinos en estos conflictos? A lo largo de este libro conoceremos las d...
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    27,25 €

  • Pirates in History and Popular Culture
    Antonio Sanna
    This collection of new essays covers the myriad portrayals of the figure of the pirate in historical records, literary narratives, films, television series, opera, anime and games. Contributors explore the nuances of both real and fictional pirates, giving attention to renowned works such as Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, the Pirates of the C...
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    57,31 €

  • The History of the Silk Road
    Yingsheng Liu
    This book is a meticulous work by renowned scholar, Liu Yingsheng who has spent years in the research of history of the Silk Road. The book consists of two parts as: the land Silk Road and the maritime Silk Road, which includes 14 chapters, totally. With the following words Liu Yingsheng offers a clear view of communications among civilizations when studying the history of the ...
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    36,39 €

  • Secret Treasure of Oak Island
    D’Arcy O’Connor
    “The Secret Treasure of Oak Island is a testament to D'Arcy's continuing passion and commitment towards revealing the truths of the Oak Island mystery. A great read.” -- Rick Lagina, co-host of the popular TV show “The Curse of Oak Island”This treasure hunting book is the prequel to History Channel’s popular show The Curse of Oak Island. In this new edition, D’Arcy O’C...
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    16,26 €

  • A Pirate’s Life in the Golden Age of Piracy
    Robert Jacob
    Think you know everything about Pirates? Fascination with Pirates has for centuries driven stories of heroic proportions—true, exaggerated, and imaginary.  Legends of their high seas debauchery continue to inspire modern day books, movies, and groups, dedicated to acting out their past. Pirates are heroes to some and the lowest of crooks to others, but do we really know the tru...
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    45,48 €

  • 101 Things You Thought You Knew About the Titanic ... But Didn't
    Eloise Aston / Tim Malton
    Everybody has a theory about the Titanic. But what actually happened? Here, in one fascinating volume, are detailed answers to the questions that have been asked time and again about that fateful night. Is it true there weren't enough lifeboats on board? Did the lookouts really miss spotting the iceberg because they weren't given binoculars? Did owner Ismay order th...
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    17,70 €

  • Our Story
    Bill Willard
    The 1998 Titanic Expedition, led by George Tulloch and PH Nargeolet, was an endeavor its members will never forget.Now, their first-hand accounts and photos allow you to experience the journey with them as they broadcast the first live television programs from a ship, transmit the first live images from a submersible at the bottom of the North Atlantic, raise the only portion o...
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    35,60 €

  • Maritime Academy Graduate
    Mark H. Glissmeyer / Mark HGlissmeyer
      This expanded edition includes a new chapter that contains a multiple choice exam on sailing as a third mate. The U.S. maritime industry hit rock bottom starting in the early 1980’s, right around the time the author was graduating from the California Maritime Academy. Even in his yearbook it warned about how bad things were--it was a time of cost cutting, reduced wages, despe...
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    20,02 €

  • International Maritime Law from the Russian Perspective
    Vasiliy Gutsulyak
    This book is one of the most comprehensive guides to international maritime law from the Russian perspective. It consists of three relatively independent sections: Russian Maritime Law, International Public Maritime Law, and International Private Maritime Law.First section discusses the development of the maritime law as a branch of the Russian law. It examines concepts and sou...
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    102,54 €

  • The Golden Age of Piracy
    David Head
    Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David Head. Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century empires, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined. The e...
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    26,59 €

  • The Golden Age of Piracy
    David Head
    Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David Head. Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century empires, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined. The e...
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    115,14 €

  • Shipwreck Potpourri
    Gary J. Gentile
    This book is a continuation of and addition to the Popular Dive Series. It contains newly discovered wrecks, newly identified wrecks, changes in wrecks, and wrecks that were not covered in the original series. The book is organized by State:New Hampshire: William H. MachenMassachusetts: Andrea Doria, Nezinscot, U-550, White SquallNew York: Herbert Parker, San DiegoNew Jersey: L...
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    20,14 €

  • Breve historia de las batallas navales del Mediterráneo
    Víctor San Juan
    Cinco siglos de batallas navales trascendentales por la hegemonía del Mare Nostrum: desde Solimán contra el Imperio Español o Napoleón contra Inglaterra hasta las dos Guerras Mundiales. El fascinante mundo de la Armée Royale, la Mediterranean Fleet, la Regia Marina o la KuK Marine de la mano de grandes nombres como Barbarroja, Juan de Austria, Andrea Doria o Horacio Nelson.Brev...
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    22,51 €

  • Captain Puckett
    Kenneth P. Puckett / William D. LaRue
    The history and operations of the Panama Canal during the 1980s and 1990s come to life in this vibrant personal memoir by retired canal pilot Kenneth P. Puckett. In this book, Captain Puckett shares 'sea stories' and other personal memories that have made him a popular teacher and lecturer. For nearly 16 years, until he retired in 1996, he helped to guide ships through the hist...
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    15,95 €

  • Breve historia de las batallas de la Antigüedad
    Carlos Díaz Sánchez
    Descubra las batallas que cambiaron el destino de las grandes civilizaciones. Los detalles de las tropas, armamentos y las tácticas de los más brillantes generales, Ramses II, Alejandro Magno o Julio César. Egipcios contra Hititas, Griegos contra Persas, Romanos contra Dacios: la trepidante historia de las guerras que decidieron el curso de la historia.Megido, Qadesh, Platea, T...
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    16,95 €

  • Two Voyages
    David Horry
    New Zealand was the last major habitable land on Earth to be populated.Many associate the discovery of New Zealand with James Cook, but he was not the first to venture to this isolated part of the Earth.When James Cook landed in New Zealand in July 1769 he landed at what is now known as Gisborne, on the east coast of the North Island. It is in the latitude 38°40’S, and Cook was...
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    31,27 €

  • Las rutas de la seda en la historia de España y Portugal
    Autores Varios
    Las vías de comunicación que se establecieron desde la antigüedad entre los continentes de Europa y Asia, conocidas como las 'Rutas de la Seda', facilitaron la difusión de esta actividad manufacturera en la península Ibérica a partir de su conquista por el Islam en el siglo VIII. Sin embargo, fueron los comerciantes italianos que revitalizaron aquellas rutas a finales del siglo...
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    20,00 €

  • Victory at Midway
    James M. D’Angelo
    In the five months after Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese Navy won a string of victories in a campaign to consolidate control of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. In June of 1942, Japan suffered a devastating defeat at the Battle of Midway and was never again able to take the offensive in the Pacific. Bringing fresh perspective to the battle and its consequences, the a...
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    43,89 €

  • International Maritime Law from the Russian Perspective
    Vasiliy Gutsulyak
    This book is one of the most comprehensive guides to international maritime law from the Russian perspective. It consists of three relatively independent sections: Russian Maritime Law, International Public Maritime Law, and International Private Maritime Law.First section discusses the development of the maritime law as a branch of the Russian law. It examines concepts and sou...
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    127,31 €

  • 'This Practice Against Law'
    John D. Gordan III / John DGordan III
    Gordan’s research shines a new light on the legal tale of 19th century American ships covertly intended for the Cuban-African slave trade. “This Practice Against Law” reconstructs the little-known story of the Butterfly and the Catharine, two slave ships from Havana seized by the British Navy off the African coast in 1839. These ships were tendered to the federal government for...
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    292,12 €

  • The Practice and Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty
    John E. Hall / John EHall
    Originally published: Baltimore: Geo. Dobbin and Murphy, 1809. xxviii, iv, 211, [5] pp. Reprint of the first significant American treatise on admiralty law. An extended discussion of American admiralty practice and a useful compendium of relevant cases, Hall’s treatise includes a history of Anglo-American admiralty law. First published posthumously in London in 1667 and transla...
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    30,34 €

  • The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told
    Tom McCarthy
    A first-ever compilation of the most courageous and stunning Coast Guard rescue stories.The Coast Guard is one of the nation's five military services, which exist to defend and preserve the United States, and the Coast Guard’s rescue personnel are second to none. In The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told, the editor has pulled together some of the finest writings...
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    16,32 €

  • Oceanic Histories
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    31,09 €

  • Breve historia de las Batallas navales de la Edad Media
    Víctor San Juan
    Descubra la Edad Media a través de la guerra en el mar: las invasiones bárbaras, musulmanas y normandas (Vikingos), las cruzadas, las primeras potencias navales (Venecia, Génova y Aragón) hasta la campaña naval otomana durante la conquista de Constantinopla. 27 grandes batallas en un momento de trascendental cambio histórico: de la pax romana a la época feudal.Acérquese a las b...
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    17,37 €

  • A History of the Foreshore and The Law Relating Thereto
    Stuart A. Moore / Stuart AMoore
    This formidably learned history of riparian rights and fishery law from 765 CE to the late nineteenth century draws on a wide range of contemporary and historical materials, including a treatise by Sir Matthew Hale [1609–1676] [De jure maris et brachiorum ejusdem]. Originally published: London: Stevens & Haynes, 1888. liv, [1], 984 pp. Moore [1842–1907] argues that “the theory ...
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    118,55 €

  • The Freedom of the Seas
    Hugo Grotius / Ralph Van Deman Magoffin
    A classic treatise on international maritime law. Originally published: New York: Oxford University Press, 1916. xv, (xiv-xv, 79 pp. paged in duplicate (158 pp.)), 81-83 pp. (total 182 pp.) A translation of Grotius’s Mare Liberum, with Latin and English on facing pages. This groundbreaking work was commissioned by the Dutch East India Company to dispute the monopoly on East Ind...
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    27,93 €

  • Farewell to Old England Forever
    Doug Limbrick
    The author’s objective is to explain, describe and evoke wonder about those people who chose to leave family and friends forever and sail half way around the world in a small vessel in order to emigrate to a remote place they had little knowledge about. In order to understand this story the reader needs to know what it was like in the colonies in the nineteenth century, how the...
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    29,93 €


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