Atlas of Maritime History

by Richard Natkiel, Antony Preston

Provides maps and background information for naval battles from Peloponnesian Wars to the Falklands War, and includes information about the history of world exploration and trade

Hardcover

First published July 1, 1989

Reviews

[Tyler Brannon]

This atlas suffers from too much focus on individual naval battles (especially from WW1 and WW2), rather than broader trends in maritime history. The age of exploration was particularly underserved. The choice to only use two ink colors caused many maps to be ugly and convoluted.