The Rise of an Early Modern Shipping Industry : Whitby's Golden Fleet, 1600-1750 /
The ancient but isolated town of Whitby has made a huge contribution to the maritime history of Britain: Captain Cook learned sailing and navigation here; during the eighteenth century the town was a provider of an exceptionally large number of transport ships in wartime; and in the nineteenth centu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge :
Boydell & Brewer,
2011.
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Colección: | Regions and regionalism in history.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |