Sons of the waves : the common seaman in the heroic age of sail, 1740-1840 /

British maritime history in the age of sail is full of the deeds of officers like Nelson but has given little voice to plain, "illiterate" seamen. Now Stephen Taylor draws on published and unpublished memoirs, letters, and naval records, including court-martials and petitions, to present t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taylor, Stephen, 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Sailors > Great Britain.
Marins > Grande-Bretagne.
Sailors.
Great Britain > History, Naval.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire navale.
Great Britain.
Naval history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ordeal with Anson, 1740-44
  • A Lincolnshire lad, 1755-59
  • Man and boy, 1756-59
  • Heart of oak, 1759-61
  • To the eastern seas, 1760-70
  • Farther still and farther, 1768-88
  • Hands across the Atlantic, 1775-83
  • Black gold, 1750-90
  • Coming home, 1771-83
  • Fruits of peace, 1783-92
  • "A terror to seamen", 1788-92
  • Interlude : the deep
  • "These valuable but helpless people", 1792-97
  • Family and friends, 1793-98
  • A rising tide, 1794-97
  • Revolution at Spithead, 1797
  • "The machinations of evil incendiaries", 1797
  • Hellfire and redemption, 1797-1801
  • Tom Bowling, 1801-03
  • Apotheosis, 1805
  • Winning ways, 1806-09
  • Old friends, old foes, 1803-14
  • Passages to Waterloo, 1809-15
  • Over the side, 1816-36
  • Storytellers, 1810-40
  • Safe moor'd, 1820-40
  • Pax Britannica, 1819-40
  • Epilogue.

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