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British Merchant
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
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Charles King
R J Cornewall-Jones
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
Clement Jones
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
G. H. Bennett (University of Plymouth, UK),R. Bennett
Winning the Battle of the Atlantic was critical to Britain’s survival in the Second World War. The British Merchant Navy suffered enormous losses both of ships and men, sailing through…
In Three Volumes. Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original…
David William Bone, Muirhead Bone
This book provides an account of the British merchant service during war time. It covers their operations, experiences, and contributions to the war effort. It also documents the challenges faced…
John Mayo
This book examines the enormous contribution British merchants made toward Chilean prosperity and stability during this period.
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This book examines the enormous contribution British merchants made toward Chilean prosperity and stability during nineteenth-century. It also examines the role of expatriates during the period of rapid economic change…
James Fell
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1899 Original Publisher: E. Arnold Subjects: Merchant mariners San Francisco (Calif.) Merchant marine History / General History / United States / State
Charles King (Georgetown University)
Title: The British merchant, or, Commerce preserv’d.Author: Charles KingPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500–1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets…
Title: The British merchant, or, Commerce preserv’d.
Author: Charles King
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500–1926 contains a collection of…
David, W Bone
Originally published in 1919. This is a classic work on the important role which Merchant seamen played in the First World War. Contents Include: Introduction by H.M. Tomlinson The Author’s…
John Huxtable Elliott
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
Bernard Edwards
The men of Britain’s Merchant Navy, although unarmed civilians going about their lawful business, were the first to be involved with the enemy in the Second World War. This text…
Graeme J. Milne
Drawing on British seafaring memoirs from the late-nineteenth century, Making Men in the Age of Sail explores how sailors became nostalgic symbols of maritime prowess and heroic masculinity. The book…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingA AcentsAcentsa A-Acentsa Acentss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and…
Giada Pizzoni (Author)
A rich picture of commercial life among the British Catholic merchants operating in the Atlantic and Mediterranean at the end of the Stuart era.
Basil Kennett
""Sermons Preached On Several Occasions: To A Society Of British Merchants In Foreign Parts"" is a book written by Basil Kennett in the year 1715. The book is a collection…
Arthur Mathison
Captain Arthur Mathison was a merchant seaman from 1932 to 1977. He sailed with a number of British shipping companies, but he spent many years with Bolton Steamship Company of…
Overdue recognition of the contribution of the Merchant Navy
The British Merchant Service - Being a history of the British mercantile marine from the earliest times to the present day is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition…
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented…
James Onley
‘The Arabian Frontier of the British Raj’ tells the story behind one of the British Indian Empire’s most forbidding frontiers: Eastern Arabia. James Onley reveals how heavily Britain’s informal empire…
Louise H. Guenther
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…
Theodore Janssen
