Witherby Seamanship
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Witherby Seamanship is a marine publisher of training, reference and regulatory materials and is the resulting merger of Witherby Books and Seamanship International in January 2008.
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In 1998 Seamanship International began providing training materials for the maritime industry.
History
Since the 1930s Witherby Books continued the tradition of bookselling initially started by Thomas WitherbyThomas Witherby
Thomas Witherby was the founder of Witherby's . In 1740 in London, he opened a stationery shop in Birchin Lane next door to the Sword Blade coffee house. The family business grew into a printing business, a publisher specializing in marine subjects, a bookshop and other businesses....
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In 1998 Seamanship International began providing training materials for the maritime industry.