Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History

John Marshall (1784-1837) was a naval officer and biographer. These volumes, first published between 1823 and 1830, contain biographies of contemporary high-ranking naval officers, providing details of their lives, naval careers and the engagements in which they took part. Volume 1, Part 1, contains biographies of Flag Officers.

James Ralfe (fl. 1820-1829) was a historian remembered for this comprehensive history of the British navy between 1803 and 1816. First published in 1820, these volumes contain details of major naval engagements arranged chronologically, providing a valuable reference for study of naval history. Volume 1 covers 1803-1806.

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) is considered one of the greatest commanders in British naval history. This biography, published in 1809 with the approval of Lord Nelson's family, ran into many editions and is now reissued from the 1840 version. Volume 1 covers Nelson's life up to 1797.

William James (1780-1827) was a lawyer and naval historian best known for this magisterial history of the Royal Navy between 1793 and 1827, which remains one of the most comprehensive accounts of the Navy during the Napoleonic Wars ever published. Volume 1 covers 1793-1796.

Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was an American naval officer and highly influential naval strategist. In this two-volume biography, first published in 1897, Mahan provides a detailed historical and tactical analysis of Nelson's career, and explores the influential concept of 'sea power'. Volume 1 covers Nelson's career to 1799.

Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was an American naval officer and lecturer. In this two-volume study of the Anglo-American war of 1812, first published in 1905, Mahan shows that the conflict had deep roots, and was inevitable in the context of the French revolutionary wars.

David Steel was a highly respected naval publisher at the turn of the nineteenth century. This influential work, first published in 1794, was the first English manual of best naval practice and provides valuable information about British naval techniques during the Napoleonic wars. Volume 1 describes the making of masts.

Heroic, ambitious, fiery and individualistic, Sir Charles James Napier (1782-1853) inspired his troops and infuriated the authorities. This four-volume biography (1857) by his brother William tells the story of his life and career, describing his campaigns, his character, his high-profile admirers and the controversies he generated.

John Charnock (1756-1807) was a professional naval biographer. This six-volume study, first published between 1794 and 1798, contains biographies of over two thousand post-captains and admirals who served in the Navy between 1660 and 1793, arranged by year of first appointment, and alphabetically within each year.

As Southey states in this two-volume 1813 work, his account is intended to be 'clear and concise enough to become a manual for the young sailor'. Volume 1 covers the period from Nelson's birth and early experiences at sea, up to the battle of the Nile.

With naval experience and contacts, John Charnock (1756-1807) embarked on research into historical and contemporary naval affairs. His six-volume Biographia Navalis (1794-8) is also reissued in this series. This three-volume work, published 1800-2, stands as the first serious study of British naval architecture, and also covers developments overseas.

George Simmons (1785-1858) served in the famous 95th Rifles in Wellington's army during the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign. First published in 1899, these vivid writings provide an engaging description of life on campaign in Portugal, Spain, France and the Low Countries at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

This extensive maritime glossary was compiled over more than thirty years by Admiral William Henry Smyth (1780-1865) and published posthumously in 1867. Ranging from 'abab' to 'zumbra', it provides more than 700 pages of definitions of nineteenth-century sailing terminology, making it an indispensable source for scholars of maritime history.

During the Crimean War, the pioneering reports of the journalist William Howard Russell (1820-1907) shaped public opinion, helped bring down a government, and inspired the work of Florence Nightingale. This second volume of dispatches, published in 1856, concludes with poignant reflections on the memorials to the fallen.

Published in English in 1806, advocating swift and decisive tactics and mathematical principles to strategy, this work had considerable influence upon Prussian and Austrian military thought in the late nineteenth century, and is regarded as one of the founding texts of modern geopolitics.

First published in 1798, this medical discourse outlines the causes and cures for the rampant spread of yellow fever and other illnesses in the British navy. Written by Elliot Arthy, an experienced naval surgeon, this book was produced in an effort to prevent needless loss of life during wartime.

From 1779 to 1783 a British garrison at Gibraltar fought off a fierce Franco-Spanish siege, with the aid of the navy. This bestselling account by a member of the garrison was first published in 1785. Gibraltar was of vital strategic importance to Britain during the Napoleonic Wars and subsequently.

John Esquemeling (c. 1645-1707) was a French barber-surgeon best remembered for this fascinating account of the buccaneer Henry Morgan's exploits in the West Indies. Covering 1668-1674, this volume, reissued from the 1893 reprint, remains a valuable source for information on seventeenth-century piracy.

Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was an American naval officer and lecturer. This highly influential volume, first published in 1890, contains Mahan's analysis and discussions of the factors leading to Britain's naval domination in the eighteenth century, with strategic and tactical recommendations based on these factors.

Sir Julian Corbett (1854-1922) was an eminent British naval historian. These volumes, first published in 1907, contain Corbett's detailed historical analysis of English naval strategy during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), and were the first scholarly work on the subject. Volume 1 covers 1754-9.

This book is an eye-witness account of the Battle of Nile, reputedly Nelson's greatest triumph. Rev. Cooper Willyams was a naval chaplain with the fleet during the battle. His journal and sketches provide the most authentic report of the battle. It was published in London, 1802.

Sir Edward James Reed (1830-1906) was a naval architect who pioneered the use of scientific calculations in designing ironclad ships. This 1885 study reviews nineteenth-century research and practice in England and France aimed at improving the stability of iron-built ships, and documents Victorian developments in the subject.

This book, first published in 1899, explores the significant role of American privateers during the Anglo-American wars of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Privateers provided essential reinforcements for the small American navy in attacking and capturing foreign merchant ships during this key period of maritime history.

Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) served in the Union Navy before becoming a lecturer in naval history and tactics. This 1899 study of the role of the navy in the American Civil War of 1861-1865 was based on official reports as well as recollections of participants on both sides.

This illustrated book, first published in 1936, is an edited compilation of source material drawn from some 145 diverse naval documents covering a period of more than three centuries from 1497 to 1805. It will fascinate historians of naval tactics and technology, from the Tudors to Napoleon.