Global Maritime History maritime history Archives

Upcoming Maritime History Talks at the BSHS Global Digital History of Science Festival

The Global Digital History of Science Festival is a five-day online celebration run by the British Society for the History of Science featuring talks, discussions, workshops, perfo[...]

02 Jul 2020

Tag Digital Humanities, Early Modern, Environmental History, maritime cultures, maritime history, Medieval, Navigation, Ocean Science, resources

100 Live Reports and Moving Forward

It’s really nice to start an update about the ADM 8 Project without moaning about how long it’s been since the last update, or how long it’s taken to actually wri[...]

29 Jun 2020

Tag 17th century, Academic Practice, ADM 8 Database Project, Atlantic World, Digital Humanities, Empire, interdisciplinary study, maritime history, Restoration, Royal Navy, Sam McLean

Discuss-A-Volume: Lt Lomax’s Log for HMS Mary Rose, 1678 (ADM/L/M/254/B)

This is a fascinating volume, one of many (many) Lieutenants’ Logs kept at the National Maritime Museum. This volume can be found in the Caird online catalogue here. It cover[...]

22 Jun 2020

Tag 17th century, Anglo Dutch Wars, Archives, Digital Humanities, Discuss-A-Volume, maritime history, Mary Rose, National Maritime Museum, Ostend, Royal Navy

Book Review: Roorda “The Ocean Reader”

Eric Paul Roorda, ed., The Ocean Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Durham, N.C., and London: Duke University Press, 2020. ISBN 9781478006961, Paperback, $29.95USD, 552 pages and [...]

15 Jun 2020

Tag Atlantic World, Book Reviews, Environmental History, Fisheries History, maritime history, Ocean history, Pacific

Join the Working Group for the History of Ocean Science, Technology and Medicine

Founded in 2007 in Philadelphia, one of the primary activities of the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine is to organize working groups to bring togethe[...]

11 Jun 2020

Tag Academic Discussion, History of Medicine, history of science, maritime history, Ocean history, Technology, working group

Dealing with Disasters: Cultural Representations of Catastrophes, c. 1500-1900

Dealing with Disasters: Cultural Representations of Catastrophes, c. 1500-1900 Thursday 14 – Friday 15 January 2021 Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands Nowadays, we are c[...]

28 May 2020

Tag catastrophes, CFPs, conferences, Disaster, maritime history

Book Review: Endsor “The Master Shipwright’s Secrets”

Richard Endsor. The Master Shipwright’s Secrets: How Charles II Built the Restoration Navy. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2020. 304 pp, Images, Tables, Illustrations, Appendices, and [...]

25 May 2020

Tag 17th century, Atlantic World, Book Reviews, Dockyards, maritime history, Restoration, Royal Navy, Samuel McLean, Shipbuilding

Book Review: Bleyer “Long Island and the Sea”

Bill Bleyer. Long Island and the Sea: A Maritime History. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2019. 320 pages, $21.99USD, ISBN: 9781467138628. By Erin Becker In Long Island and the [...]

18 May 2020

Tag Aircraft, Atlantic World, Britain, First Nations, Fisheries, Islands, Local History, Longue Duree, maritime history, Navy, New England, piracy, Shipbuilding, United States

Call for Proposals: Routledge Studies in the Maritime History of Asia

Routledge Studies in the Maritime History of Asia is a new book series from Routledge and is open for submissions. The series editor is looking for book projects exploring all aspe[...]

14 May 2020

Tag Asian Waters, book series, Maritime Asia, maritime history, piracy, Port Cities, war

Review: Goodall “Pirates of Chesapeake Bay”

Jamie Goodall, Pirates of Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2020. ISBN: 9781467141161, Paperback, $23.99USD, 160 pages an[...]

11 May 2020

Tag 17th century, 18th century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Atlantic World, Book Reviews, maritime history, piracy, United States