Sons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail
Year: 2020 Language: english Author: Stephen Taylor Genre: History Publisher: Yale University Press Edition: 1st (May 19, 2020) ISBN: 9780300245714 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 414 Description: A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain’s trade, exploration, and warfare. In this exhilarating account, ordinary seamen are far from the hapless sufferers of the press gangs. Proud and spirited, learned in their own fashion, with robust opinions and the courage to challenge overweening authority, they stand out from their less adventurous compatriots. Taylor demonstrates how the sailor was the engine of British prosperity and expansion up to the Industrial Revolution. From exploring the South Seas with Cook to establishing the East India Company as a global corporation, from the sea battles that made Britain a superpower to the crisis of the 1797 mutinies, these "sons of the waves" held the nation’s destiny in their calloused hands.
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Sons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail
Language: english
Author: Stephen Taylor
Genre: History
Publisher: Yale University Press
Edition: 1st (May 19, 2020)
ISBN: 9780300245714
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 414
Description: A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain’s trade, exploration, and warfare.
In this exhilarating account, ordinary seamen are far from the hapless sufferers of the press gangs. Proud and spirited, learned in their own fashion, with robust opinions and the courage to challenge overweening authority, they stand out from their less adventurous compatriots.
Taylor demonstrates how the sailor was the engine of British prosperity and expansion up to the Industrial Revolution. From exploring the South Seas with Cook to establishing the East India Company as a global corporation, from the sea battles that made Britain a superpower to the crisis of the 1797 mutinies, these "sons of the waves" held the nation’s destiny in their calloused hands.
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