Age of Sail Nonfiction
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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy
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Ian W. Toll
4.38 avg rating — 7,477 ratings 3. 
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe 4.18 avg rating — 18,439 ratings
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
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Dava Sobel
3.99 avg rating — 75,029 ratings 5. 
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A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier
by:
Diana Preston
4.08 avg rating — 1,259 ratings 9. 
Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
by:
Roger Crowley
4.29 avg rating — 6,710 ratings 10. 
The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines & the Secret Mission of 1805
by:
Richard Zacks
3.86 avg rating — 2,350 ratings 
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To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World
by:
Arthur Herman
4.21 avg rating — 1,575 ratings 13. 
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A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
by:
Tony Horwitz
3.96 avg rating — 9,298 ratings 15. 
The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo
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Roy A. Adkins
3.88 avg rating — 462 ratings 16. 
Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World
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Roy A. Adkins
4.13 avg rating — 1,515 ratings 17. 
Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the 17th-Century Mediterranean 3.64 avg rating — 600 ratings
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Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
by:
Robert Kurson
4.04 avg rating — 11,541 ratings 
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Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire
by:
Roger Crowley
4.28 avg rating — 4,260 ratings 23. 
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
by:
David Cordingly
3.68 avg rating — 10,103 ratings 24. 
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
by:
Mark Kurlansky
3.92 avg rating — 24,359 ratings 
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Outlaws of the Atlantic: Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail
by:
Marcus Rediker
3.83 avg rating — 154 ratings 27. 
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The Confident Hope of a Miracle: The True History of the Spanish Armada
by:
Neil Hanson
4.19 avg rating — 207 ratings 29. 
Patrick O'Brian's Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey's World
by:
Richard O'Neill
4.24 avg rating — 2,154 ratings 
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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 4.04 avg rating — 6,742 ratings
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Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain
by:
Stephen Taylor
4.20 avg rating — 615 ratings 
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The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649 - 1815
by:
N.A.M. Rodger
4.33 avg rating — 443 ratings 36. 
Napoleon's Lost Fleet: Bonaparte, Nelson, and the Battle of the Nile (DISCOVERY BOOKS)
by:
Laura Foreman
3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings 37. 
The Wreck of the Medusa: The Most Famous Sea Disaster of the Nineteenth Century
by:
Jonathan Miles
3.65 avg rating — 555 ratings 38. 
Decision at Trafalgar: The Story of the Greatest British Naval Battle of the Age of Nelson (Heart of Oak Sea Classics Series)
by:
Dudley Pope
4.14 avg rating — 92 ratings 
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Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror 1801-1805
by:
Joseph Wheelan
3.91 avg rating — 598 ratings 
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The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
by:
Colin Woodard
3.88 avg rating — 11,729 ratings 43. 
Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny
by:
Mike Dash
4.16 avg rating — 4,252 ratings 45. 
Barrow's Boys: The Original Extreme Adventurers: A Stirring Story of Daring Fortitude and Outright Lunacy
by:
Fergus Fleming
4.18 avg rating — 818 ratings 46. 
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Sailing Blue Water Mystique Solo: Sailing The Exumas Alone
by:
H. Downing Lane
3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings 49. 
John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
by:
Evan Thomas
4.01 avg rating — 1,627 ratings 49. 
North Star of Herschel Island - The Last Canadian Arctic Fur Trading Ship. 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar
by:
Adam Nicolson
3.84 avg rating — 456 ratings 52. 
The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives 3.48 avg rating — 814 ratings
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Treachery at Sharpnose Point: Unraveling the Mystery of the Caledonia's Final Voyage
by:
Jeremy Seal
3.34 avg rating — 62 ratings 55. 
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Gunpowder and Galleys : Changing Technology and Mediterranean Warfare at Sea in the 16th Century 4.39 avg rating — 61 ratings
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If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy -From the Revolution to the War of 1812 3.80 avg rating — 222 ratings
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
by:
Olaudah Equiano
3.74 avg rating — 14,419 ratings 59. 
Jack Tar: The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary Seamen in Nelson's Navy
by:
Roy A. Adkins
4.31 avg rating — 276 ratings 63. 
Nelson and the Nile: The Naval War Against Napoleon Bonaparte 1798
by:
Brian Lavery
3.95 avg rating — 73 ratings 64. 
Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean: The Adventurous Life of Captain Woodes Rogers
by:
David Cordingly
3.62 avg rating — 360 ratings 
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The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention that Changed the World
by:
Amir D. Aczel
3.34 avg rating — 497 ratings 65. 
Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail
by:
Stephen R. Bown
3.77 avg rating — 1,331 ratings 
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The Barbary Corsairs: Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1480-1580
by:
Jacques Heers
3.24 avg rating — 46 ratings 70. 
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
by:
Charles C. Mann
4.12 avg rating — 20,586 ratings 70. 
Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
by:
Marcus Rediker
3.98 avg rating — 1,142 ratings 73. 
Knights of the Sea: The True Story of the Boxer and the Enterprise and the War of 1812
by:
David Hanna
3.79 avg rating — 141 ratings 74. 
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Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy
by:
Ronald Utt
4.16 avg rating — 212 ratings 
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The Sea Rover's Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730
by:
Benerson Little
3.93 avg rating — 177 ratings 
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A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian
by:
Dean King
4.11 avg rating — 2,973 ratings 
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The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas and Plundered Shipwrecks, from the 18th-Century to the Present Day
by:
Bella Bathurst
3.68 avg rating — 196 ratings 
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The Wanderer: The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy That Set Its Sails
by:
Erik Calonius
3.98 avg rating — 82 ratings 85. 
Spain's Men of the Sea: Daily Life on the Indies Fleets in the Sixteenth Century 3.64 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Feeding Nelson's Navy: The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era
by:
Janet MacDonald
4.07 avg rating — 177 ratings 85. 
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Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew
by:
Brian Hicks
3.86 avg rating — 1,477 ratings 
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The Billy Ruffian: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon
by:
David Cordingly
4.10 avg rating — 280 ratings 92. 
The Admiral Benbow: The Life and Times of a Naval Legend
by:
Sam Willis
3.91 avg rating — 102 ratings 93. 
The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower: A Biography of C.S. Forester's Famous Naval Hero 4.33 avg rating — 2,310 ratings
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The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie: An African American's Spiritual Journey to Uncover a Sunken Slave Ship's Past 3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Female Tars: Women Aboard Ship in the Age of Sail
by:
Suzanne J. Stark
3.68 avg rating — 118 ratings 
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The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts
by:
Siân Rees
3.62 avg rating — 1,385 ratings