Author: Watkin Tench & Tim Flannery
"I do not hesitate to declare that the natives of New South Wales possess a considerable portion of that acumen, or sharpness of intellect, which bespeaks genius." In 1788 Watkin Tench stepped ashore at Sydney Cove with ... |
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The Story of Australia's Greatest Shipwreck Hunter
Author: Hugh Edwards
The story of more than sixty years of diving adventures including his significant find of The Batavia, Hugh Edwards documents his life through tales of shipwreck, treasure hunting and salvage. Brought up on tales of pira ... |
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Minekaze to Shiratsuyu Classes
Author: Mark Stille
This volume will detail the history, weapons and tactics of the Japanese destroyers built before the war. This includes the famous Fubuki class called Special Type by the Japanese, which were, when completed in the late ... |
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Reminiscences of a Sailor of the Royal Navy During the Victorian Era
Author: Sam Noble
A sailor of the Queen aboard HMS Swallow in the 1870s The mid-Victorian period saw the Queen-Empress' domains growing in number, stability and strength all over the globe. The days of sail were all but done and now i ... |
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Moslem Corsairs of the Sixteenth Century 1492-1580
Author: E. Hamilton Currey
Sword against scimitar at sea The expulsion of the Moors from Iberia following the victory of the Catholic monarchs King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon in 1492 heralded a new age. Now there was a clear ... |
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the Royal Navy at War in the South Atlantic in the Early Days of the First World War
Author: H. Spencer-Cooper
The Royal Navy strikes back In the final months of the first year of the First World War a squadron of the Imperial German Navy under von Spee decisively destroyed a weaker British force under Cradock off the coast of So ... |
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Warship Development 1860-1905
Author: D. K. Brown
In the 50 years that separated Warrior from Dreadnought there occurred a revolution in warship design quite unparalleled in naval history; a period that began with the fully-rigged broadside ironclads and ended with the ... |
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Two Actions at Sea During the Early Phase of the First World War-The Action Off Heligoland August 1914 by L. Cecil Jane & Coronel and the Falkland Islands by A. Neville Hilditch
Author: L. Cecil Jane & A. Neville Hilditch
The worlds great navies grappling for dominance of the high seas The Battle of Heligoland Bight was the first naval battle of the Great War, fought in the late summer of 1914 when the Royal Navy devised a plan to ambush ... |
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the Battle From the Perspective of the French & Spanish Navies and Their Sailors
Author: Edward Fraser
The men and ships who fought Nelson Avid readers and students of the Napoleonic Wars are often disappointed at the paucity of information translated into English on the subject of French forces. This is particularly frus ... |
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the First Hand Account of a Famous Privateer Captain at War with the Spanish During the Reign of Queen Anne 1707-1711
Author: Robert C. Leslie & Woodes Rogers
Woodes Rogers-the man who rescued 'Robinson Crusoe' In the history of the British at sea, the names of many of its greatest men have long been familiar to almost everyone. For many, however, the name Woodes Rogers ma ... |
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Three Accounts of Escape and Adventure
Author: Thomas O'Neill & & Others
Three individual narratives in a single, value for money volume This book contains three remarkable and fascinating true life accounts of naval adventure from the early years of the 19th century, which though short in le ... |
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Author: Angus Konstam
The creation of a Confederate ironclad fleet was a miracle of ingenuity, improvisation and logistics. Surrounded by a superior enemy fleet, Confederate designers adapted existing vessels or created new ones from the keel ... |
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Author: Maxine Turner
The story of the Confederate Navy been told less often than the spectacular history of the armies, but many of the familiar elements are there: the exuberant hopes of the Confederacy, the risk in spite of very long odds ... |
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Author: Elwood Carlson & Ruth Carlson
Describes the impact of overseas deployment on the marriages and career plans of couples in a Naval aviation patrol squadron. Discusses 'separation trauma,' the effects of networking on the part of the spouse, the readju ... |
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Author: Wayne H Heiser
This book is a chronological account of the establishment of Naval Reserve Aviation and its growth and development before World War II. It is a comprehensive history of Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Aviation - a documen ... |
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Author: Philip Jarrett
During aviations pioneering years Francis Kennedy McClean used his vast inherited wealth to help the now famous Short Brothers company to become established as one of Britains greatest aircraft manufacturers and, in doin ... |
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Author: Angus Konstam
In this book, expert Angus Konstam explores the fledging Tudor Navy, tracing its history, from its origins as a merchant fleet under Henry VII through to its emergence as a powerful force under Henry VIII. Examining the ... |
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War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1943
Author: Ian W. Toll
On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway ... |
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Author: Fred Dorris
When America entered World War Two the armed forces needed tools to teach soldiers, sailors and airmen how to recognize friendly and enemy ships. The solution was found in recognition models. Produced by a few small manu ... |
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Author: David M. Pulvertaft
The first figureheads that were carved to represent the names of British warships appeared during the reign of Henry VIII; the last ones were carved in the early years of the twentieth century. During the intervening th ... |
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