This collection of stories shows passenger liners, large and small as well as famous and obscure, through the eyes of officers & crew, with tales of the great Cunarders, P&O, Holland America & Union Castle liners, providing added insight, understanding, and even color to these liners of another age. It is a voyage along maritime memory lane.
Rich in history and drama on the high seas, Sea Stories entertains, enlightens, and inspires. These are enduring stories that have passed the test of time and have attracted generations of readers. They are custom-made for the imaginative reader who seeks adventure ensconced in his or her favorite reading chair - safe, warm, and well fed.
Three hundred years of novels, plays, painting and movies have etched into popular imagination contradictory images of the pirate as both arch-criminal and anti-hero. How did the pirate-a real threat to mercantilism and trade in early-modern Britain-become the hypermasculine anti-hero familiar to us through a variety of pop culture outlets?
The royal history of Greenwich stretches back to the mid-15th century, when it was the site of a major royal palace. From the beautiful Queen's House, completed in the 1630s, to the Charles II's Royal Observatory in 1676, and the Royal Hospital for Seamen, begun in 1696, a national institution for maritime welfare.
More than 50 years since her maiden crossing to New York, the 'Queen Elizabeth 2', remains an icon in the cruise and maritime industries. Wherever you go, the 'QE2' is still revered. She was the 'Concorde of the seas'. She steamed more miles, carried more passengers, visited more ports and made more money than any other big liner in history.
Building and Sailing a Seventeenth-Century Replica
Today, the Mayflower II-the replica of the 1620 ship that brought the Pilgrims to America and launched a nation-is visited by some 2.6 million tourists annually and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. But there is much more to the replica's story than meets the eye. In fact, the origins of Project Mayflower began in the 1950s not ......
Plunder and High Adventure on the Old Dominion Coastline
High adventure, dastardly deeds, and newly uncovered lore feature heavily in this fantastic new book from Stackpole. Pirates of Virginia recounts the remarkable stories of the Accomac and Revolutionary war privateers. Famous characters such as the fearsome English pirate, Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, "the gentleman pirate" Maj.