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IMHA is a professional association of Scholars. The International Journal of Maritime History is published quarterly, on various dimensions of maritime history www.imha.info

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · Oct 29

👋 We are new here 👋

We are the International Maritime History Association (IMHA) - www.IMHA.info

We are looking forward to posting about our publications and opportunities linked to the International Journal of Maritime History (IJMH), as well as updates about IMHA and upcoming opportunities 😀

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · 3h

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

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CFP deadline 1st November 2025 [email protected]

International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · 7d

Today we are throwing it back to the publication from June 2010

There were a variety of articles, research notes, forums and reviews published as part of this issue which can be found via the link -
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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · 18d

Check out our most read articles as of 18th September

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · 20d

Check out our most cited articles which includes “The Lloyd’s Register archive: An appraisal” by @samwright.bsky.social et al

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · 21d

Check out ‘A rose by any other name’: The political origins of the Nigerian Navy (1955–1965) by Akali Omeni
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Want to have access to more articles like this? Membership is available which provides 4 printed copies plus online access to past publications - imha.info

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · Aug 26

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · Aug 26

Volume 37, Issue 3 is now live

Details of this publication can be seen in the Thread below

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · Aug 21

Check out the Research Article ‘SS Albatross: An unfortunate steamship’ by James P. Delgado

Albatross’s career exemplifies not only the vagaries of speculative steamship ownership & operation, but also the often shady nature of mid-19th c. speculation & business practices.

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SS Albatross: An unfortunate steamship - James P. Delgado, 2025

The short career of the Philadelphia-built coastal steamship Albatross (1850–1853) offers an instructive look at speculation, financing and operating a steamer ...

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Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · Aug 6

One of many things I took away from the World Economic History Congress last week is how much ECRs appreciate having opportunities to review books (and, in turn, having their books reviewed). Just a reminder that @journalmaritime.bsky.social welcomes ECRs as reviewers – see the details below! 👇 🗃️

Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · Nov 10

I am also the book reviews editor for the International Journal of Maritime History (@journalmaritime.bsky.social). Are you a PhD student/early career scholar who would like to review for the journal? Follow the instructions below!

#MaritimeHistory 🗃️

Would you be interested in reviewing books for the International Journal of Maritime History? Send an email to Lewis Wade (l.m.wade@hum.leidenuniv.nl) with a brief description of your research interests, comprising the following:

Period/s of interest

Geographical region/s of interest

Theme/s or topic/s of interest

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · Aug 1

Check out our Most read articles, as of 1st August 2025

Each of these articles, and more, can be access via the following link:

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Many of these articles are #openaccess 🔓 so why not give them a read

#maritimehistory #earlymodernhistory #seapower #ports

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · Jul 23

Check out @wadehistory.bsky.social review of 'Le trafic dunkerquois au XVIIIe siècle (1729–1792) by Christian Pfister-Langanay' which will be published in our upcoming issue of the International Journal of Maritime History

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · Jul 14

This article seeks to challenge dominant narratives surrounding the Great Hunger in Ireland (An Gorta Mór, 1845–1852) by focusing on the often-overlooked aspect of marine resource exploitation.

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · Jul 14

Check out the latest open access research article 'Marine resource procurement as everyday resistance in Ireland during the Great Hunger (1845–1852)' by Emily Schwalbe, Rory Connolly, Sophia Chapple & Poul Holm

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Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh 🍉🌻🟥 @gianamar97.bsky.social · Jul 1

I enjoyed reading Laura Hostetler's edited volume on the legacies of Matteo Ricci world map. Here's my review in the @journalmaritime.bsky.social:
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Book Review: Reimagining the Globe and Cultural Exchange: The East Asian Legacies of Matteo Ricci’s World Map by Laura Hostetler - Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh, 2025

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · Jun 19

Volume 37 Issue 2, May 2025 Publication‼️

You can now read May 2025 online - journals.sagepub.com/toc/IJH/curr...

The articles presented in this issue bring together diverse perspectives on maritime trade, legal frameworks, diplomacy & the lived experiences of sailors, merchants & policymakers

International Journal of Maritime History - Volume 37, Number 2

Table of contents for International Journal of Maritime History, 37, 2

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · Jun 18

Check out our most recent Open Access research article SS Albatross: An unfortunate steamship by James P. Delgado

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · Jun 9

Why not check out some of our most read articles which include

Sarah Palmer's 'History of the Ports' - doi.org/10.1177/0843...

Ryan C. Walker's 'Henry Breault: Construction of a naval hero' - doi.org/10.1177/0843...

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · Jun 2

Check out the following conference titled Revisiting European Maritime Exploration in the Pacific Ocean

Date 5th November 2025 - 7th November 2025

The conference sets out to revisit the second half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century

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Revisiting European Maritime Exploration in the Pacific Ocean (c. 1750–1850) | H-Net

Revisiting European Maritime Exploration in the Pacific Ocean (c. 1750–1850)

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · Jun 2

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · May 29

Check out Ricardo Padron's Book review of 'The First Asians in the Americas: A Transpacific History' by Diego Javier Luis (2024)

Padron highlights how Diego Javier Luis has expanded our understanding of Asian transpacific migration

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Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · May 27

Day 147: Back at my desk today in Leiden – this wonderful stack of new books for review in @journalmaritime.bsky.social will keep me busy!

A stack of books in maritime history: Three Consuls, The Board of Longitude, Mobile Manuscripts, Global Servants of the Spanish King, The Overseer State, The Battle of Manila, and The Jew Who Would Be King

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · May 19

In the final section of the article, the potential of the scenario approach for analysing historical trial records is discussed.

#earlymodernhistory #maritimehistory

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The Batavia disaster: A new scenario to explain the massacre after the shipwreck - Jaco Koehler, 2025

On 4 June 1629, the Batavia was wrecked at the Houtman Abrolhos. After the shipwreck, more than 100 survivors were murdered. The senior merchant Francisco Pelsa...

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · May 19

In this article, the trial against the murderers is re-examined using a scenario approach, which provides a framework for rational thinking about evidence & proof in a criminal case.

The reader learns that another scenario provides a better explanation for what happened.

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · May 19

Check out one of out latest articles The Batavia disaster: A new scenario to explain the massacre after the shipwreck by Jaco Koehler

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Want to access this article & more from 1989 - now? Details of our membership are in our bio

The Batavia disaster: A new scenario to explain the massacre after the shipwreck - Jaco Koehler, 2025

On 4 June 1629, the Batavia was wrecked at the Houtman Abrolhos. After the shipwreck, more than 100 survivors were murdered. The senior merchant Francisco Pelsa...

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