Antarctic's Voyage to the Southern Ocean: As told by Captain Leonard Kristensen by Paul Chaplin
40.00 NZD
Category: Nautical
In September 1893 the three masted, barque rigged steam ship Antarctic (formerly Cap Nor) sailed from Tønsberg in Norway, under the command of Captain Leonard Kristensen. It was headed for the Southern Ocean on a sealing and whaling expedtion. After successful sealing around the Kerguelen Islands, the ...Show more
Farewell Mr Puffin - A Small Boat Voyage to Iceland by Paul Heiney
28.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives
'It would be hard to imagine a more thoughtful, intelligent and companionable person to go to sea with than Paul Heiney.' Bill Bryson'High comedy on the high seas. Informative and warm and freezing. It's quite a combination.' Griff Rhys JonesThe puffin is the joker amongst the seabirds of the north Atla ...Show more
Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat - Naval Slang and Its Everyday Usage by Martin Robson
23.00 NZD
Category: Nautical
As the crow flies'', ''chunder'', ''cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'', ''three sheets to the wind'' - many terms like these are used in everyday English language conversation and writing. But how many landlubbers know that they derive from naval slang or know what the phrase originall ...Show more
Home Boats by Nick Tolerton
80.00 NZD
Category: Nautical
The story of the magnificent passenger and cargo ships that made New Zealand – and the colourful characters who manned them. Masters, engineers, deck officers, radio operators, seamen, cadets, shore staff and passengers talked to maritime historian Nick Tolerton for this brilliantly illustrated book, fu ...Show more
Latitude: The Astonishing Journey To Discover the Shape of the Earth by Nick Crane
26.00 NZD
Category: Nautical
Told for the very first time, this is the true story of the adventure that shaped the world . . .'A thrilling story of courage, survival and science. It's an extraordinary, visceral and vivid read' Geographical Magazine________Three hundred years ago no one knew the true shape of the world.It wasn't a s ...Show more
Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen by Mary Blewitt
22.00 NZD
Category: Nautical - Seamanship
The 13th edition of this bestselling book is proof of the success of Mary Blewitt's concise and clear style in explaining a particularly difficult skill, and it has been the bible for many generations of ocean navigators. Since this book was first published, the huge advances in electronic navigation ha ...Show more
The Nautical Puzzle Book by The National Maritime Museum
38.00 NZD
Category: No Category
Think you know the difference between a ship and a boat? Do you really understand the shipping forecast? And what do all the different flags at sea mean?The Nautical Puzzle Book is packed to the brim with over 100 puzzles inspired by the National Maritime Museum's objects and their stories.Inside this b ...Show more
Blind Bay Hookers - The Little Ships of Early Nelson, and Colonial Times by Fred Westrupp
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ - History
The history of early central New Zealand colonisation from a maritime perspective.
Superyacht Captain: Life and leadership in the world's most incredible industry by Brendan O'Shannassy
33.00 NZD
Category: Nautical
'Billionaires are the suns in their unique universe. Their solar system contains planets built of information and access. Like Copernicus' physical sun, they don't seek either- information and access are captured in a gravitational field that circles them.' There are the wealthy listed and described in ...Show more
Atlantic - A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester
27.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The definitive biography of the world's most important body of water - the Atlantic. One hundred and ninety million years ago, the shifting of two of the world's tectonic plates led to the creation of an immense chasm. This giant gash in the flanks of the planet slowly opened up and eventually evolved i ...Show more
British Gunboats of Victoria's Empire by Angus Konstam; Paul Wright (Illustrator)
25.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
A beautifully illustrated history of the iconic ocean-going gunboats of British 'gunboat diplomacy', the hundreds of little warships that for 50 years demonstrated the power of the Royal Navy worldwide, and which maintained and enforced the rule of the British Empire at its peak.In recent years the phra ...Show more