A history of the administration of the Royal Navy and of merchant shipping in relation to the Navy from MDIX to MDCLX, with an introduction treating of the preceding period
M. Oppenheim
History
Book language: English
584 pages
A historical study by M. Oppenheim of the administration of the Royal Navy and of merchant shipping in relation to it from 1509 to 1660. It traces organization, supply and the connections between maritime trade and the fleet in early modern English history. Worth listening for those drawn to naval and administrative history.
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A HISTORY OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ROYAL NAVY VOLUME I MDIX-MDCLX A HISTORY OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND OF MERCHANT SHIPPING IN RELATION TO THE NAVY BY M. OPPENHEIM VOL I MDIX-MDCLX JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LONDON AND NEW YORK MDCCCXCVI
A HISTORY OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND OF MERCHANT SHIPPING IN RELATION TO THE NAVY FROM MDIX TO MDCLX WITH AN INTRODUCTION TREATING OF THE PRECEDING PERIOD BY M. OPPENHEIM JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LONDON AND NEW YORK MDCCCXCVI J. MILLER AND SON, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH
CONTENTS PAGE List of Illustrations viij Preface ix 1 Introduction-THE NAVY BEFORE 1509 45 HENRY VIII, 1509-1547 EDWARD VI, 1547-1553 100 109 MARY AND PHILIP AND MARY, 1553-1558 ELIZABETH, 1558-1603 115 184 JAMES I, 1603-1625 216 CHARLES I, 1625-1649, Part I-THE SEAMEN -- Part II-ROYAL AND MERCHANT SHIPPING 251 279 - Part III-THE ADMINISTRATION THE COMMONWEALTH, 1649-1660 302 Appendix A-INVENTORY OF THE Henry Grace à Dieu 372 -- В-ТНЕ МUTINY OF THE Golden Lion 382 C-SIR JOHN HAWKYNS 392 D-A PRIVATEER OF 1592 398 INDEX 401
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The Tiger (OF HENRY VIII). HAND-COLOURED IN FACSIMILE OF A PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL MS. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, (Add. MSS., 22047) Frontispiece WYARD'S MEDAL, 1650. FROM ONE OF THE FOUR REMAINING MEDALS (BRITISH MUSEUM) Title Page THE SEAL OF THE NAVY Office Xiij MAN-OF-WAR. FROM AN А CONTEMPORARY DRAWING IN THE BODLEJAN LIBRARY, OxFORD, (Rawlinson MSS., A 192, 20) 130 THE Medway ANCHORAGE (temp. ELIZABETH). HAND-COLOURED IN FACSIMILE OF A PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL MS. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, (Cott. MSS., Aug. I, i, 52) 150
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