History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce 4 Volume Set History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce

History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce 4 Volume Set History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce

Lindsay, W. S.

Cambridge University Press

02/2013

628

Mole

Inglês

9781108057639

15 a 20 dias

The shipowner and politician William Schaw Lindsay (1816-77) combined a wealth of personal experience and practical knowledge with a meticulous approach to research. Originally published in four illustrated volumes in 1874-6, this is a full and authoritative history of the world of ships and maritime trade.
1. Dom John of Portugal prosecutes his researches for India; 2. Progress of maritime discovery - Henry VII; 3. Henry VIII resolves to establish a permanent Royal Navy; 4. Certainty of war with Spain; 5. English Navigation Laws; 6. English voyages of discovery 1690-1779; 7. Great Britain, AD 1792, war with France, 1793; 8. Mr Fox tries to make peace with France, 1806; 9. Effect of the Orders in Council on American trade, AD 1810; 10. United States of America; 11. A special mission sent to England; 12. Earliest formation of wet docks and bonded warehouses; 13. East India Company; 14. Progress of shipping; Appendices; Index.
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