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Check out Callum Easton review of Patronage and the British Navy, 1775–1815 by Catherine S. Beck which has been published as part of the recent issue of the International Journal of Maritime History

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Check out the February 2026 Issue of the International Journal of Maritime History

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The International Journal of Maritime History welcomes all readers to the first issue of 2026.

Sketching configurations of imperial sovereignty through nineteenth-century maritime safety - Lukas Schemper, 2026 This article explores the nineteenth-century view that the organization of maritime safety – the ability to control or circumvent the natural forces of waterway...

Check out 'Sketching configurations of imperial sovereignty through nineteenth-century maritime safety' by Lukas Schemper

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It investigates this hierarchical understanding by discussing examples of maritime safety in the context of colonialism and informal imperialism

📖 A new special issue of @journalmaritime.bsky.social 🌊 , which I co-edited w/ H. Trüper, explores how maritime rescue 🛟 has historically been bound up with questions of sovereignty. If you’re interested in the history of saving lives at sea, have a look at our introduction shorturl.at/nBZM2 (1/7)

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The International Journal of Maritime History welcomes all readers to 2026 with a Forum entitled The Rescuing Sovereign at Sea: Historical Perspectives on Maritime Law, Morals, and Politics.

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A continuous favourite amongst readers is Sarah Palmers 'History of the Ports'
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This article explores port typography & historiography
The author takes issue with suggestions that port history sits uncomfortably at a nexus of local, national & international historiography

Encompassing the Earth: Magellan's voyage from its political context to its expansion of knowledge - Matteo Salonia, 2022 Between 1519 and 1522, the Magellan–Elcano expedition completed the first circumnavigation of the world. This contribution offers a new interpretation of the po...

Check out one of our most read articles titled 'Encompassing the Earth: Magellan's voyage from its political context to its expansion of knowledge' by Matteo Salonia from 2022

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This contribution offers a new interpretation of the political context leading to the voyage

It has been 10 years since The Royal Navy’s employment of black mariners and maritime workers, 1754–1783 by Charles R Foy was published
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Why not revisit this & our other publications. Our members have enjoy full online access to every issue published since 1989

Check out Gustav Ängeby's Research Note from December 2025 titled Methods for measuring the wartime economies of European shipping, c. 1750–1815

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This note presents preliminary results from ongoing research on the relationship between privateering and maritime neutrality

Editorial - Cátia Antunes, Michiel van Groesen, 2025 Alternatively, explore:

Ahead of the publication of Volume 38, issue 1 why not revisit our final publication from 2025

Details about Volume 37, Issue 4 can be found here:

Sketching configurations of imperial sovereignty through nineteenth-century maritime safety - Lukas Schemper, 2026 This article explores the nineteenth-century view that the organization of maritime safety – the ability to control or circumvent the natural forces of waterway...

New Article:

Check out Lukas Schemper's article 'Sketching configurations of imperial sovereignty through nineteenth-century maritime safety' which explores explores the nineteenth-century view that the organization of maritime safety

2026 membership is still available to purchase.

We have kept our price for the journal at £55 for the last 5 years.

Our members receive 4 printed issues of the International Journal of Maritime History + online access to previous volumes dating back to 1989

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Irial Glynn's article 'The Rescuing Sovereign at Sea: Historical Perspectives on Maritime Law, Morals, and Politics' considers how notions of sovereignty and solidarity influenced the response to boat refugees at sea between 1979 and 2001

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Check out the latest open access 🔓forum - Introduction: The rescuing sovereign at sea by Lukas Schemper and Henning Trüper

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This forum explores how maritime rescue has historically been bound up with questions of sovereignty.

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Book Review: The Punishment of Pirates: Interpretation and Institutional Order in the Early Modern British Empire by Matthew Norton - Nathan Jopling, 2026

Our lastest online publication is a book review titled 'The Punishment of Pirates: Interpretation and Institutional Order in the Early Modern British Empire by Matthew Norton' which has been reviewed by Nathan Jopling

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There is still time to sign up to become a member of the International Maritime History Association.

Please enjoy a sneak peak into the upcoming 2026 publications:
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How the Portuguese saw their maritime force: Photography of merchant and war vessels in Portugal before the First World War - Hugo Silveira Pereira, 2026 Starting in the mid nineteenth century, Portugal began modernising its merchant fleet and Navy, lagging a few decades behind other European nations. Simultaneou...

Check out the following open access article 'How the Portuguese saw their maritime force: Photography of merchant and war vessels in Portugal before the First World War' by Hugo Silveira Pereira

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2026 Membership for the International Maritime History Association is now live‼️

As a member, you’ll receive four quarterly issues of the International Journal of Maritime History,

Further details available here - imha.info/membership/

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Check out the below review of Privilege, Economy and State in Old Regime France

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Saving souls from the depths: The society for rescuing the drowning (Zhengnitang) in late imperial China - Ronald C. Po, 2025 What motivates a society or community to promote the rescue of individuals in hazardous waters? This article expands upon comprehensive research regarding chari...

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'Saving souls from the depths: The society for rescuing the drowning (Zhengnitang) in late imperial China' by Ronald C. Po

This article expands upon comprehensive research regarding charitable history and volunteerism in late Qing China

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Hospital ships of the Royal Navy in World War One: From pre-war planning to the aftermath of Jutland - Edward J. Wawrzynczak, Jane V.S. Wickenden, 2025 In World War One, naval hospital ships played an essential role, which has been generally underappreciated, in the medical care of seamen. The Admiralty had mad...

Check out our recent Research Article titled 'Hospital ships of the Royal Navy in World War One: From pre-war planning to the aftermath of Jutland' by Edward J. Wawrzynczak and Jane V.S. Wickenden

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The November Issue of the IJMH 2025 has now been published.

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Select publications in this issue are Open Access so why not check them out?

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Ahead of our publication of the November Issue of the International Journal of Maritime History, why not revisit the publication's from August?

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This issue contains six original research articles and 20 book reviews.

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A critical review of Alexander von Humboldt's argument on the Chinese origin of the compass - S. June Kim, Minhyeok Heo, 2025 It was Alexander von Humboldt who formally articulated that the compass, invented by the Chinese, had been introduced to Europe via the Arab world. Humboldt arg...

Check out our most recent publication 'A critical review of Alexander von Humboldt's argument on the Chinese origin of the compass' by S. June Kim and Minhyeok Heo

This article examines the so-called ‘Humboldt's thesis’

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Check out our most recent research article 'Hospital ships of the Royal Navy in World War One: From pre-war planning to the aftermath of Jutland' by Edward J. Wawrzynczak and Jane V.S. Wickenden

This article describes the principal naval hospital ships

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Check out our Top 5 Most Read Articles up to 1st November 2025

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Each of these 5 articles are open access 🔓

Others in the list include 'History of the Ports' by Sarah Palmer and 'SS Albatross: An unfortunate Steamship' by James P. Delgado

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Today is the final day to submit a proposal for the Travellers of the Sea - Conference on Maritime History, Marine Archaeology and Ethnology

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Biographical contentions: Barry Unsworth's Losing Nelson - Michael Titlestad, 2025 Barry Unsworth's Losing Nelson, published in 1999, was the author's response to his publisher's suggestion that he write a biography of Horatio N...

Check out a recent Open Access article titled Biographical contentions: Barry Unsworth's Losing Nelson by Michael Titlestad

This article reflects on ‘the cult of Nelson’ and the precarity of creating and worshipping heroes.

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Editorial - Cátia Antunes, Michiel van Groesen, 2025

Ahead of our upcoming final publication of 2025, check out the editorial which outlines some of the upcoming content which includes contains nine original articles and 21 book reviews.

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Call for Papers:
Travellers of the Sea – Conference on Maritime History, Marine Archaeology and Ethnology

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CFP deadline 1st November 2025 talous@smhy.fi