Autor: Margarette Lincoln

Twelve authors shed new light on the true history and enduring mythology of seventeenth– and eighteenth–century pirates in this anthology of scholarly essays.   The twelve entries in The Go …

A vivid account of the forgotten citizens of maritime London who sustained Britain during the Revolutionary Wars In the half-century before the Battle of Trafalgar the port of London became the comme …

This book shows how pirates were portrayed in their own time, in trial reports, popular prints, novels, legal documents, sermons, ballads and newspaper accounts. It examines how attitudes towards the …

This book shows how pirates were portrayed in their own time, in trial reports, popular prints, novels, legal documents, sermons, ballads and newspaper accounts. It examines how attitudes towards the …

From the mid 18th century up till after memories of the Napoleonic wars and the glories of ‘Nelson’s navy’ had faded, the Royal Navy was the bulwark of Britain’s defence and the safeguard of trade an …

From the mid 18th century up till after memories of the Napoleonic wars and the glories of ‘Nelson’s navy’ had faded, the Royal Navy was the bulwark of Britain’s defence and the safeguard of trade an …

A survey of a wide range of new research on many aspects of life at sea in the early modern period. Maritime social history is a relatively young and fertile field, with many new research findings be …

A wide-ranging history of the geography and communities of Kent from the earliest times to the present day. Kent, with its long coastline and its important geopolitical position close to London and c …

Britain’s empire was sustained by shipping. These studies are concerned with a range of enterprises, both home and colonial, in which shipping was involved, relating to goods, people, ideas. Britain’ …