Here is a list of books discussed in Andy’s lectures on Regent Explorer’s “Southern Charms” cruise.
The Caribbean and the Early Age of Exploration
Columbus: The Four Voyages, Lurence Bergreen
Longitude, Dava Sobel
Sextant, David Barrie
Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
Black Rock and Blue Water: The Wreck of RMS Rhone
The First Atlantic Liners, Peter Allington
Engines of Empire, Douglas Burgess Jr.
British Mail Steamers to South America 1851-1965, Robert Forrester
Royal Mail: A Centenary History of the Royal Mail Line 1839-1939, T.A. Bushell
The Spanish American War
The Golden Empire, Hugh Thomas
Conquerors, Roger Crowley
Rivers of Gold, Hugh Thomas
Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
World Without End, Hugh Thomas
Railroaded, Richard White
The War with Spain in 1898, David F. Trask
Manila and Santiago, Jim Leeke
Empire by Default, Ivan Musicant
Bullets and Bacilli, Vincent J. Cirillo
The Philippine War 1899-1902, Brian McAllister Linn
King Leopold’s Soliloquy, Mark Twain
The Path Between the Seas, David McCullough
American Civil War Afloat
Lincoln and His Admirals Craig L. Symonds
Civil War at Sea Craig L. Symonds
War on the Waters James M. McPherson
CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge Mark Lardas
Wolf of the Deep Stephen Fox
Shenandoah
The Seeking Gary McKay
The Last Shot Lynn Schooler
The Shenandoah Affair Paul Williams
Sea of Gray Tom Chaffin
Confederate Raiders in the North Pacific Murray Morgan
CSS Shenandoah James L. Waddell
The Last Confederate Ship at Sea Paul William
Confederates Down Under
Most Famous Man in America Debby Applegate
Empire of Cotton Sven Beckert
The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe James Dunwoody Bulloch
Interesting Times
First World War John Keegan
The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark
Woodrow Wilson John Milton Cooper Jr.
Castles of Steel Robert K. Massie
Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War Max Hastings
From Imperial Splendor to Internment Nicolas Wolz
1913 In Search of the World Before the Great War Charles Emmerson
The War that Ended the Peace Margaret MacMillian
Towards the Flame Dominic Liever
Guns of August Barbara Tuchman
The Russian Origins of World War I Sean McMeekin
Over Here David M. Kennedy
A Nation Without Borders Steven Hahn
A Life of Ulysses S. Grant Ronald C. White
The Deluge Arthur Marwick
Dead Wake Eric Larson