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Sailors

by Peter Earle
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Sailors is the history of the English seaman in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a period during which England rose to dominance in world commerce and became the greatest naval power in the world. Drawing on primary documents and memoirs, this is an exemplary history of those who lived and toiled on the sea.

About the Author, Peter Earle

Peter Earle is Emeritus Reader in Economic History at the University of London. He has written widely on many subjects and his books include A City Full of People, The Making of the Middle Class (Published in the US by University of California Press), The World of Defoe and Monmouth's Rebels.

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Book Details

Published
June 4, 1998
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Pages
259
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780413688408

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