This book covers a little-known period of fighting in the Gulf of Finland. Its first chord was the German intervention in Finland and Estonia in early 1918 and evacuation of the Baltic Fleet through i
This new book covers the Sino-Japan Naval War 1894-1895, a little-known part of late 19thC naval history. The First Sino–Japanese War (1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895) was fought between Qing Dynasty C
Austrian submarines of World War I were known as "U-boot", an abbreviation of Unterseeboot. This book details the history of the development and operational use by the Austro-Hungarian navy of submari
Currently, a new generation of fuel-efficient ships, which use wind force in addition to conventional propulsion technology, is being developed. This study describes a mathematical method for a probab
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 was a conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Eastern Orthodox coalition led by the Russian Empire and composed of Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro. Fough
This book is the second in the series of Maritime Memories titles. Using archive colour photographs within its 64 pages, the reader is taken on an illustrated tour of T&J Harrison, famed for naming th
Author Claudine Salmon presents readers with an examination of the depiction of Ming dynasty fugitives and refugees as portrayed by historians, writers, and artists of the Southeast Asian host countri
Global trade will increase over the coming years asking for solutions to cope with growing amounts of transported goods. Dryports can optimise the distribution of goods by accelerating transport flows
This new book covers the Sino-French Naval War 1884-1885. A little known part of late 19th Century Naval History. The background, operations and outcomes are described in detail. All the ships involve
Writing that the topic is rarely tackled in the common maritime transport literature, the editors (of the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics Bremen and the Center of Maritime Studies at Hoc
Ptak (sinology, Ludwig-Maximilians U. Munich) collects six articles written between 2007 and 2010 and delivered at various international conferences and at least some have been published before. They
The island of Hormuz in the Persian/Arabian Gulf was once a colony of Portugal, used mainly as a military outpost and source of contact with India, Persia and China. This collection touches on several
Presented at the December 2005 conference, these papers address the little-studied relationship of Portugal and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka became a figure in the political imagination of Portugal when King
The Greek ship-operating industry has been at the top of the world fleet for the last twenty years, a period which has witnessed the final collapse of the great maritime powers of the past. Gelina Har
First volume of invaluable, fully illustrated, encyclopedic review of 352 clipper ships from the period of America's greatest maritime supremacy. Introduction. Total in set: 109 halftones. 5 illustrat
