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The Rise of an Early Modern Shipping Industry: Whitby´s Golden Fleet, 1600-1750
Rosalin Barker
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Description for The Rise of an Early Modern Shipping Industry: Whitby´s Golden Fleet, 1600-1750
Hardback. Whitby's Golden Fleet, 1600-1750. Series: Regions and Regionalism in History. 212 pages, 20, 20 black and white. Provides a huge amount of detail about everyday maritime life in the important port of Whitby, home port of Captain Cook. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTM; KNGS. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 21. Weight: 522.
Provides a huge amount of detail about everyday maritime life in the important port of Whitby, home port of Captain Cook. 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 century Whitby became a major whaling port. This book examines how it came to be such an important shipping centre. Drawing on extensive maritime records, the ... Read more
Provides a huge amount of detail about everyday maritime life in the important port of Whitby, home port of Captain Cook. 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 century Whitby became a major whaling port. This book examines how it came to be such an important shipping centre. Drawing on extensive maritime records, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843836315
SKU
V9781843836315
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
Reviews for The Rise of an Early Modern Shipping Industry: Whitby´s Golden Fleet, 1600-1750
A first-rate socio-economic history of an important and fascinating port.
AUSMARINE, July 2013
[M]arvelously researched study [...] an excellent example of the 'new' regional history, which examines specific pasts within the broader contexts of an historical period. Whitby's vital role in the development of England's early modern maritime trade and commerce has been resurrected in this definitive study. ... Read more
AUSMARINE, July 2013
[M]arvelously researched study [...] an excellent example of the 'new' regional history, which examines specific pasts within the broader contexts of an historical period. Whitby's vital role in the development of England's early modern maritime trade and commerce has been resurrected in this definitive study. ... Read more