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Book A Narrative of the Proceedings of His Majesty s Fleet in the Mediterranean  and the Combined Fleets of France and Spain  from the Year 1741 to March 1744

Download or read book A Narrative of the Proceedings of His Majesty s Fleet in the Mediterranean and the Combined Fleets of France and Spain from the Year 1741 to March 1744 written by Thomas Mathews and published by . This book was released on 1745 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Library of the Royal United Service Institution   to April 30th  1889

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Royal United Service Institution to April 30th 1889 written by Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain). Library and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Library of the Royal United Service Institution

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Royal United Service Institution written by Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain). Library and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Library of Mrs  Elizabeth Vesey  1715 1791

Download or read book The Library of Mrs Elizabeth Vesey 1715 1791 written by William H. Robinson, Ltd and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Catalogue of a General Collection of Books

Download or read book A Catalogue of a General Collection of Books written by Thomas Egerton (Bookseller) and published by . This book was released on 1798 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Anson s Navy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Brian Lavery
  • Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
  • Release : 2021-11-30
  • ISBN : 1399002899
  • Pages : 675 pages

Download or read book Anson s Navy written by Brian Lavery and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite a supreme belief in itself, the Royal Navy of the early eighteenth century was becoming over-confident and outdated, and it had more than its share of disasters and miscarriages including the devastating sickness in Admiral Hosier’s fleet in 1727; failure at Cartagena, and an embarrassing action off Toulon in 1744\. Anson’s great circumnavigation, though presented as a triumph, was achieved at huge cost in ships and lives. And in 1756 Admiral Byng was shot after failure off Minorca. In this new book, the bestselling author Brian Lavery shows how, through reforms and the determined focus of a number of personalities, that navy was transformed in the middle years of the eighteenth century. The tide had already begun to turn with victories off Cape Finisterre in 1747, and in 1759 the navy played a vital part in the ‘year of victories’ with triumphs at Lagos and Quiberon Bay; and it conducted amphibious operations as far afield as Cuba and the Philippines, and took Quebec. The author explains how it was fundamentally transformed from the amateurish, corrupt and complacent force of the previous decades. He describes how it acquired uniforms and a definite rank structure for officers; and developed new ship types such as the 74 and the frigate. It instigated a more efficient (if equally brutal) method of recruiting seamen, and boosted morale and motivation and a far more aggressive style of fighting. The coppering of ships’ hulls and the solving of the problems associated with longitude and scurvy, were also hugely significant steps. Much of this transformation was due to the forceful if enigmatic personality of George, Lord Anson. In a largely static society, he changed the navy so that it was fit for purpose, and in readiness for Nelson just decades later. Using a mass of archival evidence and a mix of official reports and personal reminiscences, this book offers a fascinating and engrossing analysis of all these far-reaching reforms, which in turn led to the radical transformation of Britain’s navy into a truly global force. The consequential effect on the world’s history would be huge.

Book A Catalogue of Thirty Thousand Volumes     of Several Libraries     Particularly the Library of William Kynaston     the Ingenious     Josiah Martin     as Also the Libraries of W  Glanvil     Mr  Jackson

Download or read book A Catalogue of Thirty Thousand Volumes of Several Libraries Particularly the Library of William Kynaston the Ingenious Josiah Martin as Also the Libraries of W Glanvil Mr Jackson written by and published by . This book was released on 1749 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Catalogue of English Books Printed Before 1801 Held by the University Library at G  ttingen  Indices

Download or read book A Catalogue of English Books Printed Before 1801 Held by the University Library at G ttingen Indices written by Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Catalogue of Books  for 1826

Download or read book A Catalogue of Books for 1826 written by John Denley and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Masculinity  Militarism and Eighteenth Century Culture  1689   1815

Download or read book Masculinity Militarism and Eighteenth Century Culture 1689 1815 written by Julia Banister and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the figure of the military man in the long eighteenth century in order to explore how ideas about militarism served as vehicles for conceptualizations of masculinity. Bringing together representations of military men and accounts of court martial proceedings, this book examines eighteenth-century arguments about masculinity and those that appealed to the 'naturally' sexed body and construed masculinity as social construction and performance. Julia Banister's discussion draws on a range of printed materials, including canonical literary and philosophical texts by David Hume, Adam Smith, Horace Walpole and Jane Austen, and texts relating to the naval trials of, amongst others, Admiral John Byng. By mapping eighteenth-century ideas about militarism, including professionalism and heroism, alongside broader cultural concerns with politeness, sensibility, the Gothic past and celebrity, Julia Banister reveals how ideas about masculinity and militarism were shaped by and within eighteenth-century culture.

Book Culford Hall  near Bury St  Edmund s  A catalogue of the valuable and extensive library     of the Marquess Cornwallis  deceased  to be sold by auction  by Mr  Deck  etc

Download or read book Culford Hall near Bury St Edmund s A catalogue of the valuable and extensive library of the Marquess Cornwallis deceased to be sold by auction by Mr Deck etc written by Charles CORNWALLIS (2nd Marquis Cornwallis.) and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sales

    Book Details:
  • Author : Parke-Bernet Galleries
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1959
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 834 pages

Download or read book Sales written by Parke-Bernet Galleries and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 3 bookseller s catalogues

Download or read book 3 bookseller s catalogues written by Robert Faulder and published by . This book was released on 1782 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A catalogue of the libraries of the several gentlemen under mentioned  viz  1  Col  Bladen  2  Governor Winthorp   c    To which is added  an Appendix  of the library of T  Harris  Which will begin to be sold 26th Apr  1748

Download or read book A catalogue of the libraries of the several gentlemen under mentioned viz 1 Col Bladen 2 Governor Winthorp c To which is added an Appendix of the library of T Harris Which will begin to be sold 26th Apr 1748 written by T. Osborne and published by . This book was released on 1748 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: