Maritime History of Rye - Softcover

A Maritime History of Rye

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback. Slight wear to cover. Contents: List of Illustrations. List of Maps and Plans. Abbreviations Used in Notes. Introduction and Acknowledgements. Origin and Early growth. A Century of Turbulence, 1200 to 1300. Supporting the Angevin Empire, 1300 to 1453. Decline in the Expanding World, 1453 to 1588. Survival Problems and a New Harbour, 1720 to 1788. Defence in the Napoleonic War, 1788 to 1815. Conflicts of Interest, 1800 to 1845. Aftermath of the Industrial Revolution, 1845 to 1875. pre-War Tranquility, 1875 to 1914. Dark Days, 1914 to 1939. Total War, 1939 to 1945. Trial and Error, 1945 to 1962. Hopes Revived, 1962 to 1974. Appendices: A Pamphlet of 1677. Extracts from 'The Report of John Smeaton Upon the Harbour of Rye' (1763). Extracts From the Report of Alexander Sutherland on a Proposed 'Canal Through the Weald of Kent' (1801). List of Harbourmasters. Index. Illustrated. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic, Scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). Artikel-Nr. 068130

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