The Maritime History Of Devon

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-85989-714-3
Verlag: University of Exeter Press

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 211 mm

Written in 1908 by Michael Oppenheim, the distinguished naval historian, for the Victorian History of Devonshire, this account has not been previously published as the volume for which it was intended was never completed. Based mainly on the national archives with which Oppenheim had an intimate acquaintance, this account emphasises the place of the county of Devon in naval history.

For all those interested in the history of Devon or more generally in English maritime history, this book will prove a valuable and rewarding acquisition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oppenheim, M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Schifffahrt
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations, vii; Preface, ix; Michael Oppenheim, 1853-1927: A Memoir by W. E. Minchinton, xi; The Published Writings of Michael Oppenheim, xxiii; THE MARITIME HISTORY OF DEVON; Before the Normans, 2; From the Normans to the Tudors, 4; The Tudor Age, 23; The Seventeenth Century, 52; Plymouth Dockyard, 74; The Eddystone Lighthouse, 96; The Eighteenth Century and After, 105; Appendix I: List of men-of-war built in Devon from 1694 to 1860, 131; II: Additional list (compiled by Grahame Farr), 153; Bibliography (mainly since 1908), 155; Index, 159.

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Oppenheim was a scholar, without formal training in history, who acquired a significant reputation as an authority on the maritime history of England, to the writing of which he devoted his mature years.