<p>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. Her account includes a descript
English Merchant Shipping 1460-1540: 1460-1540
✍ Scribed by Dorothy Burwash
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Year
- 1947
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 289
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
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.
✦ Table of Contents
Preface
Contents
Illustrations
List of 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
Appendices
APPENDIX I. The Text of the Laws of Oleron
APPENDIX II. Tables Showing Sizes and Types of Ships and Volume of Trade
bibliography
Index
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