Widely used among young 19th-century officers in the Royal Navy and East India Company, this now-rare volume offers clear definitions and copious illustrations of the principles of rigging and other aspects of seamanship - tacking, use of a compass, splicing ropes, making sails, and much more. A must for ship fanciers and naval historians.

One of the most comprehensive and accurate accounts of buccaneering, this exciting narrative is the work of an experienced 18th-century sailor who traveled with Captain James Cook before the celebrated mariner was killed in the Sandwich Islands.

"For hundreds of years, the shorefront of Manhattan Island served as the country's center of trade, shipping, and commerce. With its maritime links across the oceans, along the Atlantic coast, and inland to the Midwest and New England, Manhattan became a global city and home to the world's busiest port. It was a world of docks, ships, tugboats, and ferries, filled with cargo and freight, a place where millions of immigrants entered the Promised Land....

Our 21st-century lifestyle could not exist without large oil tankers. But most people's knowledge about their operations and the colossal debt owed to their experimental predecessors remains a closed book. Written by an experienced navigator who served aboard these behemoths in the 1970s, this book offers a real insight into life at sea on a VLCC and how it has changed over the years. It includes the intricacies of learning to navigate a monster,...

Pirates and acts of piracy were not limited to the Caribbean Sea and the 16th and 17th centuries, as is commonly thought, but ranged far across time and place. Men of adventure who took to pirating in classical times around the Mediterranean are featured in these stirring true tales of high-seas treachery. Gripping narratives of corsairs, freebooters, and privateers-from the Vikings in their longships to the pirates of the Levant and the China Seas-come...

Due to a strong industry need, many academies and technical schools now offer courses on refrigeration and air-conditioning. Marine Refrigeration and Air Conditioning introduces this complicated subject in a detailed, straightforward manner. Mechanical refrigeration is used onboard in many ways, including refrigerated ship's stores, air-conditioning, and refrigerated cargo storage areas. Although reciprocating compressors have been the standard for...

• A comprehensive text for the merchant mariner • Replete with examples, diagrams, forms, and procedures essential to study • Includes a detailed case study of the infamous SS Andrea Doria/MV Stockholm collision

In Regensburg liegt der gemessen am Schiffsgüterumschlag größte Hafen Bayerns. Trotz seiner enormen Bedeutung ist der Bayernhafen selbst für viele Regensburger ein fremdes Terrain.

The practice of piracy dates back thousands of years. This riveting chronicle provides a glimpse into the vivid history of "sea thieves," from ancient Greek, Roman, and Norse brigands to the pirates of the Golden Age-the infamous seventeenth century buccaneers of the Caribbean's Spanish Main. Delve into the true adventures of notorious seadogs whose stories are as compelling as any legend. Meet the dastardly band of pirates who once captured Julius...

In the Ray Solly trilogy, Mariner's Launch, Mariner's Voyage and Mariner's Rest, the author brings alive a lifestyle which epitomized excitement and adventure during the 'golden age' of international shipping.