The Naval History of Great Britain
The Naval History of Great Britain
Frederick Chamier
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USDWilliam 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 6 covers 1811–1827 and includes the War of 1812.
Product details
February 2011Paperback
9781108021708
446 pages
216 × 140 × 25 mm
0.56kg
2 b/w illus. 7 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. 1813 continued. British and French fleets
- 2. Light squadrons and single ships
- 3. 1814. British and French fleets
- 4. Light squadrons and single ships
- 5. 1815. British and French fleets
- 6. Light squadrons and single ships
- 7. 1816. State of the British navy
- 8. England and the Barbary States
- 9. 1817 to 1820. State of the British navy
- 10. 1824. The Burmese war
- 11. 1827. The Battle of Navarin
- Appendix.
