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

by Peter A. Ward

Shows how Rainier skillfully coped with the immense difficulties of maintaining British naval power in a huge area fraught with difficult circumstances.

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...

• 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"