The other Norfolk admirals : Myngs, Narbrough and Shovell / Dr Simon Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Simon, author.

Series:

Century of the soldier, 1618-1721 ; no. 18.

Century of the soldier, 1618-1721 ; no. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Myngs, Christopher, Sir, 1625-1666.

Myngs, Christopher.

Narbrough, John, Sir, 1640-1688.

Narbrough, John.

Shovell, Clowdisley, Sir, 1650-1707.

Shovell, Clowdisley.

Admirals--England--Norfolk--Biography.

Admirals.

England--Norfolk.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

275 pages, xxxii, xxiv pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Solihull, West Midlands : Helion & Company Limited, 2017.

Summary:

The fascinating tale of three Norfolk admirals: Myngs, a buccaneering sailor; John Narbrough, the consummate explorer and navigator, and Cloudesley Shovell, Queen Anne's finest seaman.

Contents:

1 The Early Lives of the Three Admirals and the First Anglo-Dutch War 1625-1655 15

2 Kit Myngs the Buccaneer 1655-1663 27

3 The Second Anglo-Dutch War and the Death of Sir Christopher Myngs 1664-1666 35

4 John Narbrough in the Caribbean: Martinique, Cayenne and Surinam 1667-1668 52

5 John Narbrough's voyage through the Strait of Magellan to Valdivia 1669-1671 60

6 The Third Anglo-Dutch War 1672-1673 68

7 Barbary Corsairs and the Burning of the Tripoli Ships 1673-1682 81

8 Cloudesley Shovell's Iberian Challenges and Transport of the Queen of Portugal to Lisbon 1683-1688 96

9 Sir John Narbrough: Commissioner of the Navy, Sunken Treasure and his Demise 1679-1688 104

10 Cloudesley Shovell and the Glorious Revolution 1688 119

11 Action in Irish Waters 1689-1690 125

12 Hide and Seek at Sea and the Twin Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue 1691-1692 139

13 Two Disasters: the Smyrna Convoy and the Landing at Camaret Bay 1693-1694 154

14 Bombardment of French Coastal Towns and the End of the Nine Years' War 1694-1697 166

15 Vigo and the Great Storm 1698-1703 183

16 The Siege of Gibraltar and the Battle of Malaga 1704 199

17 The Siege of Barcelona and a Winter in Lisbon 1705-1706 214

18 The Siege of Toulon 1707 228

19 The Disaster of 22 October 1707 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index.

ISBN:

9781912174225

1912174227

OCLC:

973919890

Publisher Number:

99974553185