Author: William James
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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The Naval History of Great Britain
Author: William James
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France, in February 1793, to the Accession of George IV. in January 1820
Author: William I James
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Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Languages : en
Pages : 652
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The naval history of Great Britain, from ... 1793, to ... 1820, with an account of the origin and increase of the British navy
Author: William James
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Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Languages : en
Pages : 618
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The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France, in February 1793; to the Accession of George 4., in January 1820; with an Account of the Origin and Progressive Increase of the British Navy; Illustrated, from the Commencement of the Year 1793, by a Series of Tabular Abstracts, Contained in a Separate Quarto Volume. By William James, Author of "An Account of the Naval Occurrences of the Late American War," &c. &c. In Five Volumes. Vol. 1. [-5.]
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Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Pages : 656
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THE NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN, FROM THE DECLARATION OF WAR BY FRANCE
Author: WILLIAM JAMES
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Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Languages : en
Pages : 524
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The European Magazine and London Review, by the Philological Society of London
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Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Pages : 616
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Foreign Jack Tars
Author: Sara Caputo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009199803
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
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The British Royal Navy of the French Wars (1793–1815) is an enduring national symbol, but we often overlook the tens of thousands of foreign seamen who contributed to its operations. Foreign Jack Tars presents the first in-depth study of their employment in the Navy during this crucial period. Based on sources from across Britain, Europe, and the US, and blending quantitative, social, cultural, economic, and legal history, it challenges the very notions of 'Britishness' and 'foreignness'. The need for manpower during wartime meant that naval recruitment regularly bypassed cultural prejudice, and even legal status. Temporarily outstripped by practical considerations, these categories thus revealed their artificiality. The Navy was not simply an employer in the British maritime market, but a nodal point of global mobility. Exposing the inescapable transnational dimensions of a quintessentially national institution, the book highlights the instability of national boundaries, and the compromises and contradictions underlying the power of modern states.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009199803
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The British Royal Navy of the French Wars (1793–1815) is an enduring national symbol, but we often overlook the tens of thousands of foreign seamen who contributed to its operations. Foreign Jack Tars presents the first in-depth study of their employment in the Navy during this crucial period. Based on sources from across Britain, Europe, and the US, and blending quantitative, social, cultural, economic, and legal history, it challenges the very notions of 'Britishness' and 'foreignness'. The need for manpower during wartime meant that naval recruitment regularly bypassed cultural prejudice, and even legal status. Temporarily outstripped by practical considerations, these categories thus revealed their artificiality. The Navy was not simply an employer in the British maritime market, but a nodal point of global mobility. Exposing the inescapable transnational dimensions of a quintessentially national institution, the book highlights the instability of national boundaries, and the compromises and contradictions underlying the power of modern states.
Catalogue of the Library of Congress
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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The British review and London critical journal
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Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Pages : 526
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Favourite of Fortune
Author: Andrew Bond
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1399012738
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Royal Navy of Nelson’s time was not short of heroes, nor of outstanding achievements, but even in this crowded field the career of Captain John Quilliam stands out – so often the right man in the right place at the right time, he was justly described by a contemporary as ‘the favourite of fortune’. Born on the Isle of Man 250 years ago, Quilliam has until now evaded detailed study of his extraordinary life. Indeed, while celebrated as a Manx hero, in the wider world beyond the Island one of the most important men on the quarter deck of HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar remains largely unrecognised. Trafalgar, however, was not even the high point of Quilliam’s professional journey. From the lowest rung of the ladder in the dockyard at Portsmouth he climbed to become Victory’s First Lieutenant, having already survived two of the bloodiest sea-battles of the era at Camperdown and Copenhagen. In the process he won a share in undreamed of wealth through the seizure of one of the largest hauls of Spanish gold ever taken by the Georgian navy. Promoted Post-Captain, Quilliam reached the apogee of his profession, commanding frigates in the Baltic and on the Newfoundland station in the War of 1812. There, in a bizarre twist worthy of a novel by O’Brian or Forester, he defeated an accusation of shirking an engagement with the American super-frigate President in a Court Martial brought by his own First Lieutenant. This first full biography of a far-from-ordinary naval officer is itself an unusual collaboration between three writers, each interested in different aspects of Quilliam’s career, but united by a belief that it deserves a wider audience.
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1399012738
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Royal Navy of Nelson’s time was not short of heroes, nor of outstanding achievements, but even in this crowded field the career of Captain John Quilliam stands out – so often the right man in the right place at the right time, he was justly described by a contemporary as ‘the favourite of fortune’. Born on the Isle of Man 250 years ago, Quilliam has until now evaded detailed study of his extraordinary life. Indeed, while celebrated as a Manx hero, in the wider world beyond the Island one of the most important men on the quarter deck of HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar remains largely unrecognised. Trafalgar, however, was not even the high point of Quilliam’s professional journey. From the lowest rung of the ladder in the dockyard at Portsmouth he climbed to become Victory’s First Lieutenant, having already survived two of the bloodiest sea-battles of the era at Camperdown and Copenhagen. In the process he won a share in undreamed of wealth through the seizure of one of the largest hauls of Spanish gold ever taken by the Georgian navy. Promoted Post-Captain, Quilliam reached the apogee of his profession, commanding frigates in the Baltic and on the Newfoundland station in the War of 1812. There, in a bizarre twist worthy of a novel by O’Brian or Forester, he defeated an accusation of shirking an engagement with the American super-frigate President in a Court Martial brought by his own First Lieutenant. This first full biography of a far-from-ordinary naval officer is itself an unusual collaboration between three writers, each interested in different aspects of Quilliam’s career, but united by a belief that it deserves a wider audience.