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OTHER SIDE OF THE NIGHT: The Carpathia, the Californian and the Night the Titanic Was Lost by Daniel Allen Butler
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-01-19 | Author:Daniel Allen Butler

The story went on to tell of the working class streets in Southampton and the loss they had suffered. It told of Mrs. Allen, whose husband George was a trimmer ...
( Category: History April 6,2014 )
Sea Hunters by Clive Cussler
mobi, epub |eng | 1996-05-16 | Author:Clive Cussler

SCOTLAND Death from the Depths September 5, 1914 "horizons clear," the lookout, perched on a small extension on the conning tower, announced to his commander. Generated by ABC Amber LIT ...
( Category: History March 25,2014 )
Island of the Lost by Joan Druett
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2007-02-04 | Author:Joan Druett

JAMES MAHONEY, WRECKED WITH THE SHIP INVERCAULD. MAY 10th ‘64. It was August 12, 1864, almost exactly three months from the time when the Invercauld had foundered. FOURTEEN Equinox Sunday, ...
( Category: History March 25,2014 )
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
mobi, epub |eng | 1999-01-02 | Author:Nathaniel Philbrick

The Whisper of Necessity BEFORE THEY LEFT Henderson Island, Chase loaded a flat stone and an armful of firewood into each boat. That first evening back on the water, as ...
( Category: History March 25,2014 )
The Slave Ship by Rediker Marcus
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-03-01 | Author:Rediker, Marcus [Rediker, Marcus]

Sailors, Slaves, and Violence The Liverpool writer “Dicky Sam” described the violent reality of the slave ship this way: “the captain bullies the men, the men torture the slaves, the ...
( Category: History March 25,2014 )
Empire of Blue Water by Stephan Talty
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-04-16 | Author:Stephan Talty

At the neck of the lagoon, Don Alonzo waited. A stream of informers stole toward his flagship and gave the admiral a series of reports: The pirates were working on ...
( Category: History March 25,2014 )
The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World by Paine Lincoln
epub |eng | 2013-10-28 | Author:Paine, Lincoln [Paine, Lincoln]

Christopher Columbus The exploratory activity on the Atlantic had attracted any number of ambitious mariners, one of whom, the Genoese-born Christopher Columbus, conceived a bold plan “that he would sail ...
( Category: History March 25,2014 )

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