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An edition of The Command of the Ocean (2004)

The command of the ocean

a naval history of Britain, 1649-1815

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Allen Lane
Language
English
Pages
907

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Cover of: The Command of the Ocean
The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815
May 15, 2006, W. W. Norton
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The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain 1649 - 1815
2006, Penguin Books Ltd
Cover of: The Command of the Ocean
The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815
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Table of Contents

A mountain of iron: operations 1649-1654
Cromwell's hooves: operations 1654-1659
A looking-glass of calamity: administration 1649-1660
The melody of experienced saints: social history 1649-1660
Terrible, obstinate and bloody battle: operations 1660-1668
Protestant liberty: operations 1668-1687
Amazement and discontent: administration 1660-1688
Learning and doing and suffering: social history 1660-1688
Mad proceedings: operations 1688-1692
Notorious and treacherous mismanagement: operations 1693-1700
An additional empire: operations 1701-1714
Strive and envy: administration 1689-1714
Our mob: social history 1689-1714
Great frigates: ships 1649-1714
Pride and prejudice: operations 1715-1744
A strong squadron in soundings: operations 1744-1748
A scandal to the Navy: operations 1749-1758
Myths made real: operations 1758-1763
The great wheels of commerce and war: administration 1715-1763
Disagreeable necessities: social history 1715-1763
The battle of the legislature: operations 1763-1779
Distant waters: operations 1780-1783
The British lion has claws: operations 1784-1792
Plans of improvement: administration 1763-1792
A golden chain or a wooden leg: social history 1763-1792: officers
Dividing and quartering: social history 1763-1792: men and manning
Science versus technology: ships 1714-1815
Order and anarchy: operations 1793-1979
Infinite honour: social history 1783-1802: men and manning
The second coalition: operations 1797-1801
A great and virtuous character: administration 1793-1815
A thinking set of people: social history 1803-1815: men and manning
Honour and salt beef: social history 1793-1815: officers
Gain and loss: operations 1803-1805
A continental system: operations 1806-1811
No greater oblgations: operations 1812-1815
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Chronology
Appendix 2. Ships
Appendix 3. Fleets
Appendix 4. Rates of pay
Appendix 5. Admirals and officials
Appendix 6. Manpower
Appendix 7. Naval finance.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [777]-863) and index.

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London
Other Titles
Naval history of Britain, 1649-1815.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
359'.00941'09033
Library of Congress
DA87 .R65 2005, VA454

The Physical Object

Pagination
lxv, 907 p., [24] p. of plates :
Number of pages
907

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17628137M
Internet Archive
commandofoceanna0000rodg_o2a6
ISBN 10
0713994118
OCLC/WorldCat
57062159, 59182534
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6138398

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