Trefjar has delivered a new nine-metre mackerel catcher to fisherman Jimmy Hutchinson of Whalsay, Shetland Islands.

On January 25, archaeologists announced that the body of Matthew Flinders, who had completed the first circumnavigation of Australia in 1803, had been found under London’s Euston station.

By Nigel Rigby, Pieter Van Der Merwe and Glyn Williams

This brilliantly presented and illustrated book is aimed at the general reader but is also of considerable interest to most maritime history enthusiasts. The authors are all notable maritime historians who specialise in British and Pacific exploration. Their work benefits immeasurably from its access to the priceless artworks of the National Maritime Museum Greenwich.