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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
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The Wager

By David Grann ,

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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
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The Wide Wide Sea

By Hampton Sides ,

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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
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Children of Ash and Elm

By Neil Price ,

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River Kings
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River Kings

By Cat Jarman ,

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Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire
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Waves Across the South

By Sujit Sivasundaram ,

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The Bloody Flag: Mutiny in the Age of Atlantic Revolution
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The Bloody Flag

By Niklas Frykman ,

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Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
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Enemy of All Mankind

By Steven Johnson ,

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The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
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The Blue Machine

By Helen Czerski ,

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River, Coast and Creek: An Exploration of Maritime Essex
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River, Coast and Creek

By Judith Ellis ,

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The Ballycotton Job: An incredible true story of IRA Pirates
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The Ballycotton Job

By Tom Mahon ,

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Mutiny on the Spanish Main: HMS Hermione and the Royal Navy's Revenge
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Mutiny on the Spanish Main

By Angus Konstam ,

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Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II
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Victory at Sea

By Paul Kennedy , Ian Marshall (illustrator) ,

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Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942
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Operation Pedestal

By Max Hastings ,

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Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
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Woman, Captain, Rebel

By Margaret Willson ,

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Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
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Rebels at Sea

By Eric Jay Dolin ,

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Shipwrecks of the Roaring Forties: Researching some of Australia's earliest shipwrecks
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Shipwrecks of the Roaring Forties

By Alistair Patterson (editor) , Jeremy Green (editor) ,

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A Gentleman from Japan: The Untold Story of an Incredible Journey from Asia to Queen Elizabeth's Court
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A Gentleman from Japan

By Thomas Lockley ,

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American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644-1865
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American Slavers

By Sean M. Kelley ,

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Flinders
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Flinders

By Grantlee Kieza ,

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