Seven Ships set sail for Can of Worms

Independent publisher Can of Worms will launch its new Seven Ship Maritime History series by Kevin Jackson with Mayflower: The Voyage from Hell.

The publisher acquired world rights direct from the author.

The series will launch on 16th September to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower setting sail from Plymouth. In the US, the series will be launched on 11th November, the date the ship docked in Cape Cod. 

The first book will look at the reality of life on the "Mayflower"; who the people were, why they were travelling and the conditions of the ship. 

Publisher Tobias Steed commented: "One hundred and thirty hardy souls were confined in a space no bigger than a tennis court, braving the 'Northern' crossing, without any firm idea of what awaited them in the New World. Jackson’s is a riveting account of the sailing that changed the world."

The next books in the series, Darwin’s Odyssey: The Voyage of the Beagle and The Queen’s Pirate: Sir Francis Drake and the Golden Hind, will be published later that month, both on 26th September. 

The four remaining titles in the series will be published in 2021 and 2020, covering Captain Cooke and the "HMS Endeavour", Sir Ernest Shackleton and the "Endurance", Captain Bligh and the "HMS Bounty", and Lord Nelson and the "HMS Victory".