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Adlard Coles Nautical is a nautical publisher, with over 300 books in print. The company publishes books on topics of interest to sailors and motorboaters and also ‘landlubbers’ with an interest in the sea. Their list includes almanacs, cruising guides, pilot books and how-to instruction books, as well as large format photographic books, sailing narratives and sea-related reference,
maritime history Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant. As an academic subject, it ...
, humour and trivia books. Adlard Coles Nautical has been part of
Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction. Bloomsbury's head office is located on Bedford Square in Bloomsbury, an area of the London Borough of Camden. It has a US publishing office located in ...
since 2003.


History

The company was founded by yachtsman Kaines Adlard Coles in 1947. He wrote many of the books, including pilots, sailing narratives and ''Heavy Weather Sailing'', which continues to be published by the company (in an updated form). A & C Black Publishers, which had bought Nautical Books in 1987, acquired the Adlard Coles company in 1990 and merged the two companies into the Adlard Coles Nautical imprint. In 2000, A & C Black was bought by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and in 2003 the company acquired the ''Reeds Nautical Almanac''. In September 2014, Bloomsbury bought
Conway Publishing Conway Publishing, formerly Conway Maritime Press, is an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing. It is best known for its publications dealing with nautical subjects. History Conway Maritime Press was founded in 1972 as an independent publisher. Its or ...
and the maritime history list now complements the Adlard Coles Nautical imprint.Bloomsbury buys Pavilion's Conway imprint
''thebookseller.com'', accessed 30 May 2018


Notable authors in the Adlard Coles Nautical fold

* Maurice and Maralyn Bailey *
Frank Bethwaite Francis Dewar Bethwaite (26 May 1920 – 12 May 2012) was a New Zealand naval architect, author and Olympic meteorologist.Dee Caffari * Erskine Childers * Bill Cooper * Laurel Cooper * Jimmy Cornell * Tom Cunliffe * Frank Dye * David Ellery * Paul Elvstrøm * Maurice Griffiths * Paul Heiney * Halsey Herreshoff * Sir Robin Knox-Johnston * Tristan Jones * Sam Llewellyn *
Czesław Marchaj Czesław Antony Marchaj (9 July 1918 – 21 July 2015), often known in the West as C.A. Marchaj or Tony Marchaj, was a Polish-British yachtsman whose published scientific studies of the aerodynamics and hydrodynamics of sailing boats have b ...
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Bernard Moitessier Bernard Moitessier (April 10, 1925 – June 16, 1994) was a French sailor, most notable for his participation in the 1968 ''Sunday Times'' Golden Globe Race, the first non-stop, singlehanded, round the world yacht race. With the fastest circumn ...
* Crispin Money-Coutts, 9th Baron Latymer *
Mike Peyton Mike Peyton (20 January 1921 – 25 January 2017) was a British cartoonist, described by his biographer as ‘the world’s greatest yachting cartoonist’. Biography Mike Peyton was born into a mining family in County Durham, the son of a disabl ...
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Libby Purves Elizabeth Mary Purves, (born 2 February 1950) is a British radio presenter, journalist and author. Early life and career Born in London, a diplomat's daughter, Purves was raised in her mother's Catholic faith and educated at convent school ...
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Joshua Slocum Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 – on or shortly after November 14, 1909) was the first person to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Nova Scotian-born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he w ...
* Richard Woodman


References


External links

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Reeds Nautical Almanac official website
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