The Rise of an Early Modern Shipping Industry: Whitby's Golden Fleet, 1600-1750

by Rosalin Barker

Provides a huge amount of detail about everyday maritime life in the important port of Whitby, home port of Captain Cook.

The ancient but isolated town of Whitby has made a huge contribution to the maritime history of Britain: Captain Cook learned sailing and navigation here; during the eighteenth century the town was a provider of an exceptionally large number of transport ships in wartime; and in the nineteenth century Whitby became a major...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843836319
• ISBN13: 9781843836315
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.3" x 6.2"