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The Resolution Journal of Johann Reinhold Forster, 1772-1775 (Vol 1-5) by Johann Reinhold Forster; Michael E Hoare (ed.)
$145.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Series: Hakluyt Society, Second Series | Reading Level: very good
This presents the previously unpublished journal of the principal naturalist on Cook's second voyage. The introduction discusses Forster's career.
Modern History of Warships comprising a discussion of present standpoint and recent war experiences
$35.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: near fine
... for the use of students of naval construction, naval constructors, naval officers and others interested in naval matters
Naval Warfare 1815-1914 by Lawrence Sondhaus
$35.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Series: Warfare and History | Reading Level: very good
This book looks at the transition of wooden sailing fleets to the modern steel navy. It details the technological breakthroughs that brought about this change - steampower, armour, artillery and torpedoes, and looks at their affect on naval strategy and tactics. Part of the ever-growing and prestigious ...Show more
Fitzroy - The remarkable story of Darwin's captain and the invention of the weather forecast by John Gribbin
$18.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: very good
Former Naval Person - Churchill and the Wars at Sea by Richard Alexander Hough
$15.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: good-very good
Gale Force 10 - The Life and Legacy of Admiral Beaufort by Nicholas Courtney
$15.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: very good
'Dover, Wight - Northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5.' While everyone has heard the shipping forecast broadcast on the radio, few realise what the numbers refer to. Known as the Beaufort Scale, it has never been bettered and, as a result, never replaced. This lasting legacy of Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort i ...Show more
Two Voyages To The South Seas by Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont D'Urville; Helen Rosenman
$25.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: very good
Nelson - A Personal History by Christopher Hibbert
$20.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
A fresh look at the one-eyed, one-armed scoundrel of the seas, and the most celebrated admiral of all time.
Storms and Dreams: Louis De Bougainville: Soldier, Explorer, Statesman by John Dunmore
$30.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: very good
Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) is best known for his circumnavigation of the globe from 1766 to 1769. Throughout a long and distinguished life, however, he participated in many of the turning points of world history: the birth of the United States, the fall of French Canada, the opening ...Show more
The Pandora Survey - The completion of the 1848-1856 Great Survey of New Zealand by HMS Pandora together with an account of its genesis and initial phase by Brian Byrne
$165.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: very good
The 1848-1856 Great Survey of New Zealand, carried out initially by Captain John Stokes in HMS Acheron between 1848-51 and completed by Commander Byron Drury in HMS Pandora between 1851-56, yielded "one of the most magnificent of the many productions of the English Navy". An opinion first expressed in 1 ...Show more
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog : Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne Salmond
$25.00 NZD
Category: Pacific | Series: Allen Lane History S. | Reading Level: good-very good
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog is a spectacular recreation of three of the greatest and most startling of all human journeys. The Pacific voyages of James Cook explored the ice-bound fringes of the Arctic and Antarctic, sailed across perilous tropical seas, survived hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, dis ...Show more