Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain
Author : Robert Beatson
Publisher : London : Printed for J. Strachan, and P. Hill
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 13,19 MB
Release : 1790
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author : Robert Beatson
Publisher : London : Printed for J. Strachan, and P. Hill
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 13,19 MB
Release : 1790
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author : Robert Beatson
Publisher :
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 42,16 MB
Release : 1804
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author : International Congress of Historical Sciences, London, 1913
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,9 MB
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Robert Beatson
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 21,48 MB
Release : 1972
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Bernard Quaritch
Publisher :
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 35,94 MB
Release : 1868
Category :
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 15,64 MB
Release : 1805
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Bernard Quaritch
Publisher :
Page : 1156 pages
File Size : 38,28 MB
Release : 1868
Category : Books
ISBN :
Author : Francis Henry Skrine
Publisher : Edinburgh W. Blackwood
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 33,24 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748
ISBN :
Author : Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher :
Page : 1150 pages
File Size : 36,61 MB
Release : 1868
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
ISBN :
Author : A. B. McLeod
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,40 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 184383751X
The book discusses captains' career development, the opportunities for making money and reputation, how they looked after their crews, and how they were controlled by the Admiralty. It argues that the navy in this period was highly efficient, with promotion being primarily based on merit.