A Maritime History of Scotland, 1650-1790

A Maritime History of Scotland, 1650-1790
Author :
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Total Pages : 351
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781788853903
ISBN-13 : 1788853903
Rating : 4/5 (903 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Maritime History of Scotland, 1650-1790 by : Eric J. Graham

Download or read book A Maritime History of Scotland, 1650-1790 written by Eric J. Graham and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period 1650 to 1790 was such a turbulent one for Scottish seafarers that much of this fast-flowing narrative reads like Treasure Island. Colourful characters abound in a story teeming with incident and excitement: John Paul Jones descends upon the Scottish coast creating widespread panic; press gangs prowl the coastal towns; wartime conditions turn merchantmen into privateers fighting the French, the Spanish and the American Colonists – almost anyone flying a different flag; quaintly named vessels like The Provoked Cheesemaker are on the lookout for trouble. And the stakes were high. Glasgow became wealthy through the tobacco trade. Glasgow merchantmen could beat the English ships and sail to Chesapeake Bay in record time. Eric Graham traces the development of the Scottish marine and its institutions during a formative period, when state intervention and warfare at sea in the pursuit of merchantilist goals largely determined the course of events. He charts Scotland's frustrated attempts to join England in the Atlantic economy and so secure her prosperity – an often bitter relationship that culminated in the Darien Disaster. In the years that followed, maritime affairs were central to the move to embrace the full incorporating Act of 1707. After 1707, Scottish maritime aspirations flourished under the protection of the British Navigation Acts and the windfalls of the endemic warfare at sea.


A Maritime History of Scotland, 1650-1790 Related Books

A Maritime History of Scotland, 1650-1790
Language: en
Pages: 351
Authors: Eric J. Graham
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-21 - Publisher: Birlinn Ltd

GET EBOOK

The period 1650 to 1790 was such a turbulent one for Scottish seafarers that much of this fast-flowing narrative reads like Treasure Island. Colourful character
The Price of Scotland
Language: en
Pages: 449
Authors: Douglas Watt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-17 - Publisher: Luath Press Ltd

GET EBOOK

The Price of Scotland covers a well-known episode in Scottish history, the ill-fated Darien Scheme. It recounts for the first time in almost forty years, the hi
Judge and Jurist
Language: en
Pages: 748
Authors: Andrew Burrows
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-20 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

Collecting together 47 essays from colleagues and friends of Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, this book commemorates his work and contribution to law and legal schola
Scots and the Union
Language: en
Pages: 480
Authors: Christopher A Whatley
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-14 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

GET EBOOK

Public opinion in Scotland in 1707 was sharply divided, between advocates of Union, opponents, and a large body of "don't knows". In 1706-7 it was party (and dy
Carolina's Lost Colony
Language: en
Pages: 198
Authors: Peter N. Moore
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-12-01 - Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press

GET EBOOK

An examination of the dual Scottish–Yamasee colonization of Port Royal Those interested in the early colonial history of South Carolina and the southeastern b