The Naval History of Great Britain
The Naval History of Great Britain
Frederick Chamier
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GBPWilliam James (1780–1827) was a lawyer and naval historian best known for this magisterial history of the Royal Navy between 1793 and 1827. James began to research the role of the Royal Navy in the Revolutionary Wars, publishing five volumes between 1822 and 1824. This was expanded up to 1827 in later editions. In one of the most comprehensive histories of the Navy in the Napoleonic Wars ever published, James' rigorous research methodology using various contemporary sources provides detailed descriptions of the operations of the Royal Navy in the period. Fleet campaigns and minor engagements are discussed, with technical and tactical details of ships and battles also provided. These volumes (here reissued from the 1859 edition) remain an invaluable source of information for the history of the Royal Navy during this fascinating period. Volume 4 covers 1805–1808 and includes the Battle of Trafalgar.
Product details
February 2011Paperback
9781108021685
512 pages
216 × 140 × 28 mm
0.64kg
6 b/w illus. 4 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. 1805 continued. Sir Richard Strachan's action
- 2. Light squadrons and single ships
- 3. Colonial expeditions
- 4. West Indies
- 1806. British and French fleets
- 5. Light squadrons and single ships
- 6. Colonial expeditions
- 7. Cape of Good Hope
- 8. 1807. British and French fleets
- 9. British and Danish fleets
- 10. British and Turkish fleets
- 11. British and Portuguese fleets
- 12. Light squadrons and single ships
- 13. Colonial expeditions
- 14. Coast of Africa
- 15. West Indies
- 16. South America
- 17. East Indies
- 18. 1808. British and French fleets
- 19. Anglo-Swedish and Russian fleets
- 20. Light squadrons and single ships
- 21. Colonial expeditions
- 22. West Indies
- 23. 1809. British and French fleets
- Appendix.
