English merchant shipping 1460-1540 / Dorothy Burwash.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burwash, Dorothy, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merchant marine--Great Britain--History.

Merchant marine.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) : plates, map, tables

Place of Publication:

[Toronto] : University of Toronto Press, 1969.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Between 1460 and 1540 the development of merchant shipping was of vital importance to the growth of England as a European power. In this work Miss Burwash offers a complete history of the English merchant marine in the late middle ages and early renaissance period.

Contents:

Cover

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ILLUSTRATIONS

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN FOOTNOTES

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I: The Science and Practice of Navigation

CHAPTER II: Wages and Conditions of Work for the Common Seaman

CHAPTER III: The Size and Build of English Ships

CHAPTER IV: The Various Types of English Ships

CHAPTER V: A Statistical Survey of English Shipping

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX I: The Text of the Laws of Oleron

APPENDIX II: Tables Showing Sizes and Types of Ships and Volume of Trade

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 20, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4426-5111-3

1-4426-3274-7

OCLC:

929153619