Maritime

Keep the sun out of your eyes while visiting Lake Superior, which remains to this day unsalted and shark-free!

Show your Great Lakes pride in style with this warm sweatshirt!

Show off your Great Lakes pride with this fun t-shirt for all ages.

Highlights lighthouses, restaurants, parks, and more. 500 pieces. Ages 10 and up. Made in Wisconsin.

Handcrafted in Wisconsin with solid wood, this cribbage board has detailed topographical maps of the great lakes!

Madeline Island T-shirt in conservation green. A custom Society exclusive.

An extensive and critical look at all there is to know surrounding Lake Superior agates. A must-have resource for casual rock collectors and advanced hobbyists alike!

Identify your agate finds quickly and easily with this all-in-one identification guide. A must-have for beginners and experts.

Paperback: $19.95
150 pages, 135 color and b/w photos and illus., 8 x 9
ISBN: 9780870205798

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Great Ships on the Great Lakes tells of the sea battles, treacherous storms, and unexpected tragedies that sent thousands of ships to the bottom of these so-called low seas. Designed for the upper elementary classroom with emphasis on Michigan and Wisconsin.

Paperback: $8.95
64 pages, 20 b/w photos, 2 maps, 6 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870201462

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Paperback: $24.95
224 pages, 156 color and b&w photos, 1 map.
ISBN: 9780870206092

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This beautifully illustrated book relates dramatic moments from Great Lakes maritime history in a graphic-novel style. For children 8-11.

Paperback: $16.95
224 pages, 46 b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870207464

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Details:
Author: John Odin Jensen
Paperback
304 pages. 128 b&w and color photos and illustrations. 8 x 10"
ISBN: 978-0-87020-902-4
Publication Date: May, 2019
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Stay stylish with the Madison Lakes Map Bandana available in two styles, Sea Glass or Blueprint. Fun for pets too!

Venture out in style (and remember where you are) when you wear a Madison lakes map scarf. A light, sheer scarf and a Society exclusive!

Handmade in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Set of 4 Lake Superior topographic map art coasters.

This Madison chain of lakes coaster set illustrates lakes Mendota, Monona, Waubesa, and Wingra with details like size and depth. Four coasters.

Set of four coasters featuring Madison's Lake Mendota with detailed size and depth graphics. Order today and serve in style!

Set of 4 Lake Michgian topographic map art coasters. A unique coaster set with details about size and depth!

Lake Monona coaster set illustrating topographic details.

From Lake Mendota to Lake Kegonsa, this round magnet shows the five lakes of Madison.

Lakes Mendota, Monona, Waubesa, Kegonsa, and Wingra are illustrated on each card. Perfect for cribbage!

Wear your Great Lakes pride, look great, and stay warm!

Based on a true story of the dramatic rescue of young Lester Smith and his family after a violent storm hits their town of Port Washington on the shores of Lake Michigan. Beautifully illustrated and wonderfully written.

Wisconsin Waters takes readers on an epic tour of the geologic, natural, and human stories that have shaped these aquatic landscapes over millions of years.

Paperback: $18.95
304 pages, 25 b/w photos and illus., 14 maps, 5.5 x 8"
ISBN: 9780870205026

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A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior, Silbernagel deepens our understanding of this era with stories of resilient, remarkable people. Second printing, paperback.

Paperback: $20.00
200 pages, 50 b&w photos, 1 map, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 9780870207808

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Jones Island, originally a mile-long peninsula bordering on the Lake Michigan shoreline, has a long and fascinating history, including close ties to maritime industries and the rich ethnic heritage of Milwaukee.

Learn more about the history of Lake Mendota's shoreline and the people and place along it in this collection of stories, maps, newspaper articles, and other fully colored illustrations compiled by Donald P. Sanford. Details below.

Paperback: $22.95
272 pages, 8.5 x 5.5
ISBN: 9780870209383

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Hardcover: $28.95
256 pages, 26 b/w photos, 6x9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-879-9

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Softcover: $25.00
320 pages, including photos and illus., 8.5 x 10"
ISBN: 9780870209161

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Paperback
112 pages, 60 b&w photos, 5½ x 8½
ISBN: 9780870207303

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In this beautifully illustrated children's book based on historical documents, readers share in Sport's adventures while discovering the various ways lighthouse tender ships helped keep the lake safe for others.

This Storied River celebrates the Upper Mississippi’s colorful history and the unique role the river has played in shaping the Midwest. Each chapter includes a short list of must-see sites for the modern-day explorer.

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Thoroughly researched and vibrantly told, Vencdedor is a captivating account of a racing sailboat famous for its exploits and victories and of the man who built it. Vencedor, a 63-foot cutter, was built in Wisconsin by the Racine Boat Manufacturing Company in the golden age of yachting.

Hardcover: $29.95
208 pages, 180 color photos, 7 ½ x 9
ISBN: 9780870208287

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Ten guide slates for shipwrecks off Door County, Wisconsin: Joys, Iris, Grape Shot, Success, Gen. Winfield Scott, Detroit Harbor Wreck, Annie Dall, Claflin Point Wreck, Australasia, and Advance.

Four guide slates for Lake Michigan shipwrecks off Door County, Wisconsin: Bullhead Point, Carrington, Christina Nilsson, and the Meridian.

Seven Guide Slates: Fleetwing, Francis Hinton, Frank O’Connor, Hetty Taylor, Louisiana, Niagara and Pilot Island.

Nine Guide Slates: Appomattox, Boaz, Cherubusco, City of Glasgow, Dan Hayes, Kate Kelly, Lumberman, Reynolds’ Pier and Selah Chamberlain.

Ten guide slates: Alaska, Atlanta, Arctic, Continental, J.M. Allmendinger, LaSalle, Lookout, Major Anderson, Pathfinder, and Tubal Cain.

Ten guide slates for Lake Superior wrecks: H.D.Coffinberry, Fedora, Lucerne, Noquebay, Ottawa, Pretoria, Stockton Island Brownstone Quarry Dock, Hermit Island Brownstone Quarry Dock, and Basswood Island Brownstone Quarry Dock.

A stylish and practical decor piece that celebrates one of the Midwest's most stunning bodies of water.

Rest your cocktail on this handmade leather coaster, designed with quality and functionality in mind. Made in Wisconsin!

COMING SOON! — The highly anticipated posthumous memoir of thrill-seeking treasure hunter Max Nohl, widely regarded as the person who revolutionized deep-sea diving. After his sudden death in 1960, Nohl’s nearly complete manuscript went unpublished, until now.

The Loreley steam yacht was built for Mrs. Catharina Seipp, widow of Conrad Seipp, the founder of Seipp's Brewery in Chicago in the 1850's. This yacht graced Geneva Lake from 1890 through 1920, and Black Point Estate and Gardens is one of the Wisconsin Historical Society's historic sites.

This gorgeous picture book uses poetry and prose to explore and teach about lighthouses on the Great Lakes. Famous structures, local lore and moments in Great Lakes history are covered.