Global Maritime History maritime history Archives

Othering the English: Dutch National Identity and the Sea, 1600-1815

A talk organized by Royal Museums Greenwich October 27, 2020 5:15 – 6:30 pm, GMT Join this free online talk and discover how sea power was vital to the shaping of Dutch natio[...]

22 Oct 2020

Tag Dutch, events, maritime history, Royal Museums Greenwich

“Estimates and Instruments: The Case for Comparative Maritime History” with Dr. Margaret Schotte

October 8, 20206:30 pm – 7:45 pm Online talk hosted by the Royal Geographical Society Free, but advance booking is required BOOK NOW As they ventured across the open oceans, [...]

28 Sep 2020

Tag Archival Research, Early Modern, Expertise, Mansucripts, Manuals, Margaret Schotte, maritime history, Navigation

Illustration of Captain Nemo aboard the Nautilus, from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

Call for Submissions to The Nautilus Journal

The Nautilus: A Maritime Journal of Literature, History, and Culture, a peer-reviewed scholarly publication, seeks submissions for its twelfth annual issue, to be published in spri[...]

21 Sep 2020

Tag CFPs, journals, literature, maritime cultures, maritime history

Book Review: Venable “How the Few Became the Proud”

Venable, Heather. How the Few Became the Proud: Crafting the Marine Corps Mystique, 1874-1918. US Naval Institute, 2019. Hardcover $39.95USD. 352 pages. ISBN-13: 9781682474686. By [...]

10 Aug 2020

Tag 19th Century, 20th Century, Advertising, Atlantic World, Book Reviews, China, Cuba, Empire, First World War, Gender, maritime history, Pacific, Phillipines, United States, US Marines Corps

Book Review: Bonnett “The Age of Islands”

Alastair Bonnett, The Age of Islands: In Search of New and Disappearing Islands (Atlantic Books, 2020). ISBN: 978178649090, £16.99. By Tim Chamberlain Islands hold a common fascina[...]

03 Aug 2020

Tag Book Reviews, Environmental History, Geography, Global History, interdisciplinary study, Islands, maritime history

Paper to Pixels: Digitising Lloyd’s Register’s Historic Ship Plan and Survey Report Collection

Thank you to Max Wilson, Archivist at the Heritage & Education Centre, Lloyd’s Register Foundation for writing this fascinating post about their work. The Heritage & [...]

13 Jul 2020

Tag 17th century, 18th century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Archival Documents, Archives, Atlantic World, education, historical practice, interdisciplinary study, Lloyd's Register Foundation, maritime history

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