adrian james webb (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Softcover. Zustand: Like New. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> THE MOTIVATION for, timing, and outcome of passages to and from the Somerset coast are examined in this chapter, which is based upon over two hundred accounts from a wide range of sources. However, a main purpose of this Hiscourse is to give an authentic voice to the experience of maritime travel in the Bristol Channel prior to the Age of Steam, through the use of predominantly) contemporary accounts, thus ringing a very personal perspective to Somerset's maritime history. Aspects of Tudor, Stuart and Georgian trade from the Somerset ports are explored y various authors elsewhere in A maritime history of omerset volume one: trade and commerce, which identified a wide distribution of destinations for vessels whose journeys originated on the Somerset coast. The resulting trade routes meant possibilities for personal travel opened up for many people from all walks of life and it is clear they did not only travel in designated passenger vessels, such as the Irish packets, but at times used cargo vessels, fishing vessels and even warships to complete thei.

Hardcover. Zustand: As new. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As new. First edition. The first detailed study of a hydrographic survey that helped change Bermuda forever. Painstaking research by the author has brought to light the activities of Thomas Hurd, Andrew Evans, Jemmy Darrell and many others. Also included in this attractive volume is a great deal of information relating to the survey and how it was used from the time it was completed in 1800 until the present. Adrian Webb chairs the Publications Committee of the Somerset Archelogical and Natural History Society in the U.K. 299pp. Profusely illsustrated with many color photos, diagrams and maps. First edition. Like new. 7¾" - 11¼". book.