Mostrando títulos en Historia y Piratería Marítima

Die zahme kleine Schwester der Nordsee – das ist für Viele die Ostsee. Ein Vorurteil, wenn man sich anschaut, was es in der Geschichte zu entdecken gibt: Die Wikinger. Die weitverzweigte Hanse. Die großen Kämpfe zwischen den sich konsolidierenden Staaten der frühen Neuzeit. Die Abgründe des 20. Jahrhunderts. Aber auch, angelockt von der Landschaft, die Künstler auf der Suche nach Inspiration. Und die Urlauber auf Erholungssuche. Wasser trennt nicht, es verbindet. Ständig waren Menschen auf diesem Meer unterwegs. Ihre Motive? Satt werden. Reich werden. Mehr Macht bekommen. Neues entdecken. Da musste doch noch was sein, jenseits des Horizonts!

The Moray Firth of Scotland has a fine maritime history. This audiobook introduces the nearly forgotten sealing and whaling industry of the 19th century. It includes ships, masters, men, and anecdotes from Fraserburgh and Banff, with a year-by-year breakdown of the industry. A recognized expert on the Scottish whaling industry, Malcolm Archibald has authored a number of books on the subject, including Whalehunters (Mercat Press, 2004), Ancestors in the Arctic (Black and White, 2013), and The Dundee Whaling Fleet (Dundee University Press, 2013).

The ocean shapes our history. From the birth of humanity, oceans have separated and connected cultures. They have entranced and terrified generations. And they have shaped history in critical ways. Maritime trade. Naval warfare. Ocean exploration. Across the centuries, the ocean became a site for scientific advances and a highway for globalization. The Ocean Blue explores the way seas influence human history, from the ancient world to today.

Berättelser om sagoskeppet Titanic slutar aldrig att fascinera. Titanic är en av de främsta mytiska berättelserna i modern tid och har kommit att bli en av västerlandets starkaste symboler, för såväl triumf och kärlek som för tragedi och sorg. Claes-Göran Wetterholm, en av världens främsta experter inom ämnet, berättar i denna bok om människorna som var ombord på fartyget eller som på andra sätt hade med händelsen att göra. Det är ett intimt porträtt av riktiga människor och deras livsöden.

Die Piraterie ist fast so alt wie die Seefahrt selbst. Schon der griechische Historiker Thukydides berichtete im 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. von Völkern, die sich ihren Lebensunterhalt mit dem Überfall auf fremde Schiffe "verdienten". Geblieben ist seitdem die Verklärung. Gern werden Seeräuber in Büchern und Filmen als Helden à la Robin Hood dargestellt oder als aufrechte Streiter gegen Knechtung und Entrechtung idealisiert.

Piraten zeigt uns einige der schillerndsten Figuren, die diese Berufssparte hervorgebracht hat. Über Jahrhunderte ließen sich ehrgeizige Regenten durch Männer wie Henry Morgan oder Francis Drake ihre Kassen füllen. Mutige und unerschrockene Männer auf beiden Seiten ließen ihr Leben im Kampf um Gold und teure Handelsgüter. Sie begründeten den Mythos von Freiheit und Abenteuer auf See. Grandiose Leinwandauftritte von Schauspielern wie Johnny Depp oder Errol Flynn nähren unser Bild vom lebenslustigen Piraten. Trinkfest, rauhbeinig und bei Damen äußerst charmant. Doch war die große Ära des Piratentums wirklich so romantisch?

In der Nacht des 14. April 1912 kollidierte die Titanic, die als Wunder der Technik und praktisch unsinkbar galt, auf ihrer Jungfernfahrt mit einem Eisberg und versank binnen Stunden. Der Untergang der Titanic zählt zu den größten Katastrophen in der Geschichte der Seefahrt. Eine Hördokumentation mit O-Tönen, Geräuschen und Musik.

Piraten, die "wilden Herrscher der Weltmeere". Legendäre Gestalten wie Klaus Störtebeker, Francis Drake, Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Anne Bonny...

Ein Hörbuch über den Mythos der als unsinkbar geltenden Titanic: Als der Luxusliner am 15. April 1912 auf seiner Fahrt von Southampton nach New York im Atlantik versank, hat diese Katastrophe die Menschen wie kaum ein anderes Schiffsunglück bewegt - und tut es bis heute. Der Journalist und Sachbuchautor Wolf Schneider gewährt einen Einblick in die letzten Stunden und Minuten auf diesem Schiff, das in die Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts eingegangen ist.

It was a frigid night in February 2013 when the five young fishermen vanished. The crew of the Miss Ally - a 12-metre Cape Islander from Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia - was fishing for halibut far off the Nova Scotia coast when their boat’s spotlight malfunctioned. A vicious winter storm was approaching from her south, and all other boats at the fishing grounds were steaming for shore. Unable to locate his longlining gear, the Miss Ally’s young captain decided to stay an extra day to retrieve the gear and, hopefully, a big catch.

Have you ever wondered just what was the Hanseatic League?, How malt was made, or how eels get to the Sargasso Sea? The answers to these and many other questions will be found in this book. Spanning the period from the Anglo-Saxons to the coming of the railway, two Points East is about the boats, the fishing and some of the lives lived on the North sea coast of Norfolk, from the once world-famous herring fishery in Great Yarmouth to the extraordinary rescues of Cromer’s famous lifeboatman Henry Blogg.

Curlew Coast is the author’s second book about East Anglia’s maritime past. Using the coastal towns of Suffolk as a framework, the book explores a diversity of subjects from rope making to ship burials and from coastal erosion to the early navigators. Curlew Coast covers the period from when the Anglo-Saxons first sailed up the East Anglian rivers, to the age of the railway when the engine began to take over from sail.

SYNOPSIS: In 1619, a drunken samurai trainer witnesses a midnight battle between two heavenly creatures, crashing on Earth like meteors. In the morning, he thinks it was a nightmare, yet before they had burned each other to ashes with lightning rods, one of them unwillingly left something behind. This is a story of love, betrayal, medieval conquest, vengeance, and the ultimate victory of true friendship. (Novella in 3 parts) NOTE: Available in print as part of the Starcall Anthology, Vol. 23, illustrated by the author. The eBook version is NOT illustrated to save on price and file size (1 ...

An illustrated article about the Liberty Ships that helped save the war - some personal reflections and general interest. Part of a series on Amazon. Please see the other titles...

Enter the terrifying world of history’s most infamous pirate in Sea Horror–Blackbeard by Arthur M. Harris. This vivid, pulse-pounding account captures the monstrous legend of Edward Thatch—better known as Blackbeard—whose reign of terror on the high seas still haunts maritime lore. Harris recounts Blackbeard’s savage exploits, from his gruesome appearance with burning fuses in his beard to his violent battles and twisted alliances.

1688. The desolate, sun-scorched coast of Baja California—the edge of the known world. Seeking refuge from relentless Spanish patrols and the brutal realities of buccaneering, the weary crew of the French pirate ship Sea Serpent drops anchor in the hidden sanctuary of Pichilingue Bay. Among them is Jean-Luc de Lisle, a young Frenchman haunted by a life left behind, increasingly disillusioned by the cycle of violence and greed that defines the brotherhood of the coast. Under the pragmatic Captain Ravenneau and his dangerously sadistic first mate, Le Corbeau, Jean-Luc yearns for something ...

Gibraltar & Corsica, 1795: American Kate Senlis grew up on her father's trading ships, traveling around the world. Her mother died when she was just a little girl, but Kate learned how to heal with herbs using her mother's journals. Now with her father also gone, Kate is just trying to get home again. Deception comes too easily, and so when it's a matter of survival, Kate has to become a ghost. A Contrary Wind: "True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher." ~Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

France & Spain, 1795: The adventure continues in the saga of a sea bound healer caught between a British naval blockade and the bloody battles of the counter-Revolution in France. But there's something odd happening to her now, and it started with a rap upon her head, compliments of a French prison. Her cousin is dead, but she's remembering things from a past she had forgotten long ago, a trauma when she was only six years old. Hopefully, fulfilling her promise made there won't be the end of her. Waters, Winds & Rocks: "Ships are but boards, sailors but men; there be land-rats and water-...

A Historical Biography set in the New England Coastline during the 18th and 19th Centuries. Dive into the captivating and tumultuous life of Captain Elijah Cobb, a quintessential New England shipmaster whose memoirs and letters weave a rich tapestry of historical maritime adventures and the relentless spirit of a 19th-century sailor. Born into the seafaring culture of Cape Cod, Elijah Cobb began his journey to the high seas at a tender age, embarking on voyages that would take him to the fevered coasts of Surinam, the dangerous waters infested with Algerine threats, and the war-torn ports ...

Nassau è stata la capitale dei pirati dei Caraibi. Un nido di disertori che cercavano la libertà, in nome di una vita breve ma felice. Una confraternita di criminali, un commonwealth di pendagli da forca. È lì che, nel 1718, giunge Woodes Rogers. Ex corsaro ed esploratore, piagato nel corpo e nell’anima. Rogers ha un solo obiettivo: estirpare la pirateria. E intende farlo, costi quel che costi. Intrighi e ammutinamenti, torture, mosse politiche e navi date alle fiamme: segui l'ascesa e la caduta di figure iconiche come Barbanera, Charles Vane e Anne Bonny.