This study aims to provide new insights into the connections between maritime history and global history. It demonstrates the significance of maritime activity

From the foreword: "In the 21st century the division between the maritime and terrestrial worlds has virtually disappeared. Events and issues that previously in

A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of the sea—revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by oce

The past twenty-five years have brought a dramatic expansion of scholarship in maritime history, including new research on piracy, long-distance trade, and seaf

Between the end of the Seven Years war in 1763, and the abolition of slavery within its Empire in 1833, Britain's maritime engagement with the wider world was t