The best way to make England the richest and vvealthiest kingdome in Europe, by advancing the fishing-trade and imploying ships and mariners. Or A plain description what profit it will bring to the kingdome of England, by erecting, building, and adventuring busses at sea for fishing; : with a perfect account of the vast riches, that is taken by the Dutch every year out of his majesties seas by their great numbers of busses, pinks and line-boats. As also a description of the sea-coast towns, harbours and other places most commodious about England for busses; together with the true value of the whole charges of building and furnishing to sea busses and pinks after the Holland manner. / By T Gentleman, fisherman and mariner.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Gentleman, Tobias.

Series:

• Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Fisheries--England--Early works to 1800.
• Work boats--England--Early works to 1800.
• Commerce.
• Work boats.
• Fisheries.
• Netherlands--Commerce--Early works to 1800.
• Netherlands.
• England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (7 unnumbered pages, 12 pages)

Other Title:

• A plain description what profit it will bring to the kingdome of England, by erecting, building, and adventuring busses at sea for fishing
• Best way to make England the most rich and wealthiest kingdome in Europe

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the good and benefit of all his Majesties subjects in these his dominions, [1660]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

• Another edition of: Englands way to win wealth, and to employ ships and marriners, published in 1614 (STC 11745); this edition lacks "The States proclamation translated out of the Dutch", but otherwise the text has been expanded slightly.
• Imprint date from Wing.
• Annotation on Thomason copy: "October 2 1660".
• Woodcut illustration facing t.p.
• Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
• Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Thomason Tracts ; 161:E1080[13]) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

• Wing (2nd edition) G522.
• Thomason E.1080[13].

Access Restriction:

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