Bring the famous Radio 4 bulletins to life with this decorative flat map of the shipping forecast areas. The Shipping Forecast is produced by the UK Meteorological society & describes the weather reports & forecasts around the British Isles. In this mock-antique style map the areas are clearly marked & include famous areas like Fisher, Forties & Fastnet. Displayed on a wall, it could easily serve as a practical guide. The map is mounted on card & is illustrated with decorative ships & fishes. The ideal gift for those addicted to the 4 times daily broadcasts or even those just attracted by one of the most idiosyncratic British traditions! ...

This is a new addition to the ” See Inside” series about ships throughout history from Viking longboats to Spanish galleons, ironclads to aircraft carriers. Lifting the flaps reveals the insides of ships from across the ages, explaining in simple, clear language what they were used for, how the crew & passengers lived & how they sailed the oceans. It

Includes:: a gate-fold page of a huge aircraft carrier.

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Ships, a Pop- up Book by Robert Crowther will capture the imagination of children passionate about sailing. The book presents the information in a clear & fun way. Lift flaps & pull tabs to find out about early ships, steam boats & modern ships as well as many interesting facts about their history. With this interactive, beautifully crafted & colourful book, kids will learn while having fun. This book is by the same author who wrote Railway a Pop- up Book & Flight a Pop-up Book. Suitable for 3+ years old children. ...

This report is the first full study of the remains of ships & boats used in the port of London from the first to the eleventh century AD. Using evidence from the vessels, from the waterfronts, & from trade goods, Peter Marsden has reconstructed the design & use fo these ancient ships, & brought together for the first time the accumulated evidence of over 30 years of archaeolgoical research. ...

Both the safety of shipping & the cleanliness of oceans are promoted in many ways, one of which is the continuing development of routeing measures to control the navigation of vessels & to monitor their progress. The measures that are described or defined in parts A & H of this publication are individually described in parts B (traffic separation schemes & inshore traffic zones), C (deepwater routes), D (areas to be avoided), E (other routeing measures, such as recommended tracks, two-way routes & recommended directions of traffic flow), F (the rules & recommendations on navigation that are associated with particular traffic areas & straits), G (mandatory ship reporting systems, mandatory routeing systems & mandatory no anchoring areas) & H (archipelagic sea lanes). This edition incorporates routeing measures that have been adopted before July 2015. ...

In Shipton & Tilman Jim Perrin investigates the prominent duo who in the 1930s became a legend & inspired contemporaries with photos of unknown peaks in the Karakoram. Using unpublished diaries, journals & letters, the authors pays homage to the friendship between the two unconventional climbers who preferred lightweight & self-reliant style of mountaineering. They trekked the Himalayas, crossed Africa by bicycle, explore China & journeyed down the Oxus River to its source. Credited with unlocking Everest & discovering a route to Nanda Devi Sanctuary as well as pioneering many routes in the Nepalese Himalayas, they pushed the limits of human endurance. ...

The tale of Padre Diego Rivadeneira, who while attempting to travel from Peru to Spain in 1654 was shipwrecked twice & then on his third attempt to make the journey his ship was attacked & sunk by the British! In 1996 Dave Horner discovered Padre's journal in an archive in Seville & set about discovering the treasure that he lost & telling his story. ...

On 20 November 1820, just south of the equator, the whaling ship Essex, out of Nantucket, spotted a `shoal` of sperm whales. It was a fine clear day, about eight in the morning. Two whaling boats, lightly built for rowing speed, were lowered from the Essex. The crew pursued & harpooned tree of the whales, whereupon the largest of them
- some 85 feet long
- rammed the Essex twice in ten minutes & `stove in her bows`. This remarkable incident was followed by an epic three-month journey in open boats across storm-tossed seas
- a feat of navigation & survival that rivals those of Shackleton & Bligh. Only eight men survived, sustained by eating six of those who died. Twenty-three-year-old Owen Chase was first mate of the Essex. His narrative of these events makes compulsive reading. This edition also

Includes:: memoirs by another crew member & by ship`s captain, as well as a facsimile of Herman Melville`s notes on Chase`s account. Capturing all the elements of an ancient & powerful tragedy, this book is a thrilling tale of survival
- as well as a frightful illustration of man`s darkest impulses.





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Introduced by David Mitchell In a coastal village in medieval Japan, a young boy called Isaku battles to keep his family alive against the odds. With his father gone, Isaku is forced to grow up well before his time. He must learn how to catch fish, how to distil salt, & about all the mysteries of the vast churning sea, not least the legend of O-fune-sama, of ships wrecked offshore providing the village with unexpected bounty. When a ship founders on the rocks, Isaku & the villagers rejoice. Long have they prayed for the sea`s gifts. But the cargo is not at all the blessing they had hoped for. At first mystifying, then terrifying, something dark is coming ashore & it`s about to change their lives forever. ...

Shipwrecks of the Del Mar Va DE/MD/VA, a folded map from the National Geographic highlighting over 2400 shipwreck locations off the coast of Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland & Delaware from the 17th to the 20th century. The map shows wrecks along the Atlantic coast of the Delmarva Peninsula, as well as in the Delaware Bay, in the Delaware River up to Philadelphia & the Patapsco River up to Baltimore, in the Chesapeake Bay, along the Potomac up to Washington DC, & in the Rappahannock, York & James Rivers. Information

Includes:: lists of vessels scuttled by the Confederate forces during the Civil War. This title is part of a series of shipwreck maps from the NGS covering the coastline of the eastern seaboard of Unites States. Each title shows locations of hundreds of wrecks atop beautifully drawn bathymetric & coastal detail. Wreck sites have symbols to define class & type of each vessel, along with its name &, where available, the date of sinking. Coloring indicates whether the vessel was lost in armed conflict or by natural causes. The maps also show locations of lighthouses & life boat stations, & include extensive historical notes. This title is also available as a wall map, on paper or encapsulated
- please click on the series link for these two options & more titles in this series. With the light blue sea beautifully contrasted against the sepia-coloured land & several lovely historical drawings, these maps are designed to enhance the décor of any home or office & would look very attractive when framed.


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