British Naval Power in the East, 1794-1805: The Command of Admiral Peter Rainier

by Peter A. Ward

When war broke out with France in 1793, there immediately arose the threat of a renewed French challenge to British supremacy in India. This security problem was compounded in 1795 when the French overran the Netherlands and the extremely valuable Dutch trade routes and Dutch colonies, including the Cape of Good Hope and what is now Indonesia, fell under French control. The task of securing British interests in the East was a formidable one: the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843838486
• ISBN13: 9781843838487
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"