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nautical nonfiction ⚓

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tales of history's infamous ships and those who sailed them

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Shipwrecks

Nonfiction books about shipwrecks and survival.

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

At the Edge of the Map

Sea voyages, space missions, and exploration (colonialism, stage one) Suggestions welcome

Leviathan Wakes

The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night

The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage

Leviathan Wakes

The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst

I'm on a Boat (uh oh)

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Nonfiction books about maritime misadventures

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

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