Overview :Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power upon History is well known to students of naval history and strategy, but his other writing... Read More
Overview :A vivid study in the politics and stress of high command, this book describes the decisive roles of young Winston Churchill as political hea... Read More
Overview :The schooner Nancy, legendary vessel of Great Lakes and Canadian history, lived a thousand lives in a noted career that began in Detroit and... Read More
Overview :A fascinating account that links early maritime history, Indigenous land rights, and modern environmental advocacy in the Clayoquot Sound re... Read More
Overview :The tale begins in sixteenth-century Venice, when explorer Juan de Fuca encountered English merchant Michael Lok and relayed a fantastic sto... Read More
Overview :Sir Alexander Mackenzie is known to schoolchildren as a great Canadian explorer who gave his name to the country's longest river, but hardly... Read More
Overview :Seeking the Northwest Passage and the fabled like to Russia, Japan, and Cathay, Alexander Mackenzie drove himself and his men relentlessly, ... Read More
Overview :The importance of the Northwest Passage in the history of European and especially British expansion is well known. In the 40-year interlude ... Read More