Explore the beauty of the seven seas from the comfort of your favorite reading chair. Whether you're reading about an infamous pirate or have plans on building your own boat, one of the following books will help you set sail.
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Recommendations... The QE2: A Picture History
by William H., Jr. Miller
Illustrated with more than 150 black-and-white and 27 color images, this chronicle by an expert maritime historian offers a rare and captivating blend of personal anecdotes, archival material, and impeccable scholarship.
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| |  America's Lighthouses: An Illustrated History
by Francis Ross Holland, Jr.
Richly illustrated fact-filled survey of American lighthouses since 1716. Over 200 stations — East, Gulf, and West coasts, Great Lakes, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Mississippi and St. Lawrence Rivers.
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| |  The Story of the Titanic As Told by Its Survivors
by Jack Winocour
Panic, despair, shocking inefficiency, and a dash of heroism. Two lengthy narratives by passengers who had a thorough knowledge of the sea and by members of the ship's crew. 26 illustrations.
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 Doomed Ships: Great Ocean Liner Disasters
by William H., Jr. Miller
Nearly 200 photographs, many from private collections, highlight tales of some of the vessels whose pleasure cruises ended in catastrophe: the Morro Castle, Normandie, Andrea Doria, Europa, and many others.
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| |  Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative
by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
In 1834, a Harvard student enlisted as a common seaman, resulting in this adventure classic. Crackling with realism, it offers memorable views of a dangerous voyage, plus fascinating historical details.
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 The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropework
by Hervey Garrett Smith
The perfect shipboard reference, this volume is packed with useful "hands-on" information: sailor's tools, basic knots, and useful hitches; handsewing and canvas work; dozens of other topics. Over 100 illustrations.
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| |  Ship Models: How to Build Them
by Charles Davis
Complete, step-by-step instructions for building schooners, galleons, clipper ships, more. Includes scale plans for 1846 clipper ship Sea Witch. Over 150 photographs.
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by Francis Ross Holland, Jr.
Richly illustrated fact-filled survey of American lighthouses since 1716. Over 200 stations — East, Gulf, and West coasts, Great Lakes, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Mississippi and St. Lawrence Rivers.
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|  | American Clipper Ships, 1833-1858: Volume I
by Octavius T. Howe, Frederick C. Matthews
First volume of invaluable, fully illustrated, encyclopedic review of 352 clipper ships from the period of America's greatest maritime supremacy. Introduction. Total in set: 109 halftones. 5 illustrations. Index.
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|  | American Merchant Ships, 1850-1900
by Frederick C. Matthews
Encyclopedic resource recounts sailing histories, vital statistics of 322 vessels: voyages, cargoes, tonnage, builders, shipboard life, and more. 195 black-and-white photos and illustrations.
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|  | American Sailing Ships Coloring Book
by Peter F. Copeland
Forty-five magnificent ready-to-color illustrations depict USS Constitution, sloops, whalers, frigates, clippers, more. Informative captions.
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|  | American Sailing Ships: Their Plans and History
by Charles G. Davis
An anecdotal, highly personal course through America's nautical history features nearly 140 images of ships from the 18th through 20th centuries: quoddy boats, fishing schooners, clippers, packet ships, frigates, and other vessels.
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|  | American Ship Models and How to Build Them
by V. R. Grimwood
Starting with the construction of a half-hull ship model, the book advances to a whole-hull model and replicas of twelve vessels, with separate chapters on rigging, gear, and furniture, more.
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by George Biddlecombe
The best manual ever produced on rigging the sailing ship — indispensable for serious model builders. Terms and phrases, onshore operations, rigging brigs, yachts, small vessels, much more. Introduction. 17 plates.
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| | The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropework
by Hervey Garrett Smith
The perfect shipboard reference, this volume is packed with useful "hands-on" information: sailor's tools, basic knots, and useful hitches; handsewing and canvas work; dozens of other topics. Over 100 illustrations.
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|  | The Baltimore Clipper: Its Origin and Development
by Howard Irving Chapelle
This fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume offers a detailed chronicle of the history and construction of the "rakish topped schooners." 70 meticulous line illustrations and 36 halftones.
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| |  | Buccaneers and Pirates
by Frank R. Stockton
Often humorous, sometimes chilling, always intriguing, these true stories describe the exploits of such notorious maritime marauders as Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte, Captain Kidd, and other lesser known but equally cutthroat brigands.
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|  | The Buccaneers of America
by Alexander O. Exquemelin
Fascinating chronicle of the bands of plundering sea rovers who roamed the Caribbean and coastlines of Central America in the 17th century. Includes exploits of the infamous Henry Morgan and his burning of Panama City.
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|  | The Built-Up Ship Model
by Charles G. Davis
A highly detailed, superbly illustrated manual introducing serious model builders to hand-crafting ship models from the bottom up. Not for beginners. 133 illustrations.
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|  | Classic Sailing-Ship Models in Photographs
by R. Morton Nance
Over 120 handsome photographs and 28 drawings provide details of models for a Flemish Carrack, c. 1450; the Norske Löve, 1634; the 90-gun Albemarle, 1680; a Venetian trading Galeass, 1726; more.
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|  | The Cruise of the Snark
by Jack London
Captivating tale of true adventures recounts, with wry good humor, the hardships of a two-year voyage aboard a diminutive and leaky craft. Enhanced with 119 original photographs.
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|  | Donald McKay and His Famous Sailing Ships
by Richard C. McKay
Rare and valuable study reveals accomplishments of great 19th-century shipbuilder in era of sailing packet and clipper ship. 58 superb illustrations, including plans, models, maps, etc.
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| | Doomed Ships: Great Ocean Liner Disasters
by William H., Jr. Miller
Nearly 200 photographs, many from private collections, highlight tales of some of the vessels whose pleasure cruises ended in catastrophe: the Morro Castle, Normandie, Andrea Doria, Europa, and many others.
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