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81) The Truelove
Author
Series
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels volume 15
Pub. Date
p2006
Physical Desc
8 CDs (9 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this fifteenth installment of the Aubrey-Maturin series, a British whaler has been captured by an ambitious chief in the Sandwich Islands at French instigation, and Captain Aubrey is dispatched with the Surprise to restore order. But stowed away in the cable-tier is an escaped female convict. To the officers, Clarissa Harvill is an object of awkward courtliness and dangerous jealousies. Only Aubrey's friend, Dr. Stephen Maturin, can fathom Clarissa's...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 185 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1787, the HMS Bounty sets out on a journey that will take it through perilous seas to a tropical paradise--and into history as one of the most ill-fated vessels ever to sail for King and country.
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 22
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Dewey Lambdin is the reigning master of maritime fiction, celebrated as the heir to Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester. For over twenty years, his devoted fans have followed the adventures of Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, from his days as a midshipmen to captain of his own ship and, though on somewhat dubious grounds, a baronetcy. 1809 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, and his ship, HMS Sapphire. They've extracted the sick, cold survivors of...
Series
Adventure collection volume disc 1-4
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 100 min. each) : sd., col. ; c 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars, the story of Horatio Hornblower, the legendary sea-faring hero, follows the raw recruit as he battles the French, evades capture, and rises through the ranks of the King's Navy.
85) In search of a kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
"An exploration narrative of the highest order: the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history-as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--...
Author
Series
Charles Hayden novels volume 4
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
435 pages
Description
"Charles Hayden returns in the thrilling new naval adventure from bestselling author S. Thomas Russell, today's "Patrick O'Brian for a new generation" (Kirkus Reviews). Master and Commander Charles Hayden has received fresh orders that take him and the HMS Themis to the Caribbean, with instructions to meddle with French shipping to the colonies. While en route, they rescue two Spanish castaways who beg for help fleeing from a vengeful family situation-Hayden...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
x, 382 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps, facsimilies ; 24 cm
Description
The most feared ship in Britain's West Africa Squadron, His Majesty's brig Black Joke was one of a handful of ships tasked with patrolling the western coast of Africa in an effort to end hundreds of years of global slave trading. Sailing after the spectacular fall of Napoleon in France, yet before the rise of Queen Victoria's England, Black Joke was first a slaving vessel itself, and one with a lightning-fast reputation; only a lucky capture in 1827...
Series
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of the sea-faring privateer and adventurer whose name has become synonymous with one of English history's most celebrated episodes: the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. In fact, Drake's exploits had made him a popular hero long before - he was the first Englishman to see the Pacific Ocean and the first to circumnavigate the world. This program provides a vivid account of one of the most colorful characters from the Elizabethan era.
Author
Formats
Description
This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
xii, 560 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Description
Describes the origins and early history of the American Navy, discussing the debates by the founding fathers over the need for a permanent military, the decision to construct six heavy frigates, the campaign against Tripoli, and the War of 1812.
Author
Publisher
NAL Caliber
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
viii, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
"On a September day in 1813, as the Age of Fighting Sail was coming to an end, two maritime warriors faced each other in the waters off Pemaquid Point, Maine. Samuel Blyth was the youthful commander of His Britannic Majesty's brig Boxer, and William Burrows, younger still, commanded the USS Enterprise. Both men valued honor over life and death, and on this day their commitment would be put to the ultimate test. The battle lasted less than an hour,...
Publisher
A & E
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
8 DVDs (13 hrs., 20 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Description
Joining the British Royal Navy at the outset of the Napoleonic Wars, the enterprising Horatio Hornblower rises quickly from raw recruit to seasoned sailor, charting a course from the West Indies to the coast of Africa in the name of the Crown. Along the way he encounters roiling sea battles, mutiny, plague, and love, but always proves himself equal to the task.
Author
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xviii, 324 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Description
"The book documents how the British Royal Navy, despite brilliant victories, was bled white in a campaign with questionable strategic goals; how Italy followed its own coherent naval strategy, much to the frustration of its German ally; and how the Marine Nationale was the strength of the independent French state and how it fought the Allies--and rejected the Axis--to maintain that independence. Most World War II histories tell the story of the Mediterranean...
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
76 p. : ill. (some col), col. maps ; 26 cm.
Description
A biography of the sixteenth-century English explorer who became a national hero for sailing around the world, and confirmed that status through his service as a Vice Admiral battling the Spanish Armada.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
Description
"At the age of nine, David Glasgow Farragut was appointed a midshipman in the US Navy by President James Madison. It was the start of a celebrated career. Farragut sailed aboard ships along the Delaware River, in the Caribbean, and across the Atlantic Ocean, even rounding the tip of South America, all while rising through the naval ranks from midshipman to admiral. When the Civil War began, Captain Farragut dedicated his life to protecting the United...
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The legend of the invincible fleet begins! Set five years before the epic battle depicted in The Admiral: Roaring Currents, Hansan: Rising Dragon is based on the true historical naval engagement, Battle of Hansan Island. In July 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his Korean naval fleet face off against invading Japanese naval warships. Falling into crisis, the admiral must use his secret weapon to change the tides in this epic battle at sea.
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