Empire Category
Dominance of the seas has long determined the wartime and peacetime fate of nations.
A Voyage to the South Sea
By:
William Bligh
Muntineers interrupt a breadfruit voyage, in a classic true tale of temptation, seamanship, and leadership.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V.
By:
Erskine Childers
A young Erskine Childers, later a vehement Irish nationalist executed for his beliefs, serves in the British cavalry during the Boer War.
Indian Unrest
By:
Ignatius Valentine Chirol
For the Term of His Natural Life
By:
Marcus Clarke
The journey of a convict illustrates the penal colony roots of Australia.
A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Volume I.
By:
James Cook
A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Volume 2.
By:
James Cook
Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean (Illustrated)
By:
E. Hamilton Currey
Piracy was a continuance of the violent politics and times of Old Europe in this British account.
France at War
By:
Rudyard Kipling
Sea Warfare
By:
Rudyard Kipling
The Life of Nelson
By:
Alfred Thayer Mahan
The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future
By:
Alfred Thayer Mahan
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
By:
Alfred Thayer Mahan
In the nautical equivalent of Gibbon's Decline and Fall, Mahan examines how military dominance of the seas determined nations' fortunes.
The Innocents Abroad
By:
Mark Twain
