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Sarah Palmer's History of the Port's remains one of our most read articles published as part of the International Journal of Maritime History.

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Highlights:
⚓ A keynote lecture by Professor Craig Lambert
⚓ A rich mix of postgraduate & independent scholar presentations
⚓ Support & networking opportunities for those beginning their maritime research careers

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New Researchers in Maritime History Conference, 17-18 April 2026 at the University of Southampton.

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The 2026 programme reflects both the depth and diversity of current research in the field.

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Mallory Hope's Article 'Risk and Uncertainty in France's Atlantic Slave Trade' examines the insurance of slave-trading ships in France during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

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Check out Nathan T. Jopling article which argues that the Jamaica discipline is not applicable to seventeenth-century privateers, but rather creates a fundamental misunderstanding of them.

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Check out Phillip Reid article 'Risk, Uncertainty and the British Atlantic Merchant Ship as a Technology for Profit, 1600–1800 ' which was publish in October 2023

William and Francis Warden at Lisbon's Royal Shipyard (1715–1761): English design on Portuguese naval architecture and shipbuilding - Nuno Saldanha, 2026 This paper examines the work of two English shipbuilders, William and Francis Warden, who, at the behest of the Portuguese Crown, served as master shipwrights a...

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Did you know as a member of the IMHA you have online access to our previous publications?
For example:
'Whatever happened to those villains of the Indian seas? The happy retirement of the Madagascar pirates, 1698–1721' by Ryan Holroyd published in Vol 29, Issue 4

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 our current Most Read article (as of 13/03/26) titled 'Encompassing the Earth: Magellan's voyage from its political context to its expansion of knowledge' by Matteo Salonia

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The journal has recently published the following article:
The trade of traditional medicinal materials between China and Japan (seventeenth to nineteenth centuries) by Zhang Lanxing 张兰星
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Read this to find out more about trade conducted between China and Japan.

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Check out a recent open access article published as part of the International Journal of Maritime History titled 'Methods for measuring the wartime economies of European shipping, c. 1750–1815' by Gustav Ängeby

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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...

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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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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

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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...

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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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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...

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