The Old Scots Navy from 1689 to 1710
Author : James Grant
Publisher :
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 32,26 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Great Britain
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Author : James Grant
Publisher :
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 32,26 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Great Britain
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Author : James Grant
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 15,16 MB
Release : 1914
Category :
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Author : James Grant
Publisher :
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 28,33 MB
Release : 1988
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ISBN : 9781559322300
Author : John Ehrman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 765 pages
File Size : 36,4 MB
Release : 2012-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1107645115
First published in 1953, this volume traces the role played by the English navy during the years 1689-97, during which time England became the dominant sea power of Europe. This volume will appeal to anyone interested in the naval history of England at the end of the seventeenth century.
Author : Daniel Owen Spence
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 13,47 MB
Release : 2015-09-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0857726196
The British Empire, the largest empire in history, was fundamentally a maritime one. Britain s imperial power was inextricably tied to the strength of the Royal Navy the ability to protect and extend Britain s political and economic interests overseas, and to provide the vital bonds that connected the metropole with the colonies. This book will examine the intrinsic relationship between the Royal Navy and the empire, by examining not only the navy s expansionist role on land and sea, but also the ideological and cultural influence it exerted for both the coloniser and colonised. The navy s voyages of discovery created new scientific knowledge and inspired art, literature and film. Using the model of the Royal Navy, colonies began to develop their own navies, many of which supported the Royal Navy in the major conflicts of the twentieth century. Daniel Owen Spence here provides a history of the navy s role in empire from the earliest days of colonisation to the present-day Commonwealth. In doing so, he shows how the relationship between the navy and the empire played a part in shaping the globalised society we inhabit today."
Author : James GRANT (County Clerk of Banffshire.)
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Page : pages
File Size : 36,20 MB
Release : 1914
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Author : Steve Murdoch
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 26,52 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9004185682
This book places early modern Scottish maritime warfare in its European context. Its formidably broad range of sources sheds light on many previously little known, or unknown, aspects of naval history. It also provides many valuable new perspectives on the importance of the sea to the Scots, and of the Scots to the naval history of Great Britain.
Author : Andrew Browning
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1002 pages
File Size : 50,57 MB
Release : 2024-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1040294405
English Historical Documents is the most ambitious, impressive and comprehensive collection of documents on English history ever published. An authoritative work of primary evidence, each volume presents material with exemplary scholarly accuracy. Editorial comment is directed towards making sources intelligible rather than drawing conclusions from them. Full account has been taken of modern textual criticism. A general introduction to each volume portrays the character of the period under review and critical bibliographies have been added to assist further investigation. Documents collected include treaties, personal letters, statutes, military dispatches, diaries, declarations, newspaper articles, government and cabinet proceedings, orders, acts, sermons, pamphlets, agricultural instructions, charters, grants, guild regulations and voting records. Volumes are furnished with lavish extra apparatus including genealogical tables, lists of officials, chronologies, diagrams, graphs and maps.
Author : Stuart Reid
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 40,83 MB
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1526709961
The fifty-odd years of Scottish history dominated by the Jacobite Risings are amongst its most evocative and whilst the last battle, Culloden in 1746, is deservedly remembered as a national tragedy, the first battle on the braes of Killiecrankie was unquestionably the most dramatic.It was very much a Scottish battle. The later Jacobite risings would be launched against kings and governments in London. Killiecrankie, on the other hand, pitted Scot against Scot in the last bloody act of the bitter religious struggle known as The Killing Times.Killiecrankie saw the first, and most successful, Highland Charge, as the clansmen broke the line of the Governments redcoats in the twinkling of an eye, and though outnumbered the Jacobites achieved a stunning victory. The Highlanders, however, suffered debilitating losses of almost one third of their strength, and their leader, John Graham the Viscount of Dundee, was killed.The Jacobites continued their advance until stopped by Government forces at the Battle of Dunkeld a little more than three weeks later. Though the Jacobites had failed, the struggle of the Highland clans to return the Catholic James, and his successors, to the throne of Scotland and England would continue for the next two generations.
Author : A. B. McLeod
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 20,16 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.