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The politics of piracy : pirates, privateers, and the government of Elizabeth I, 1558-1588
Posted on February 25, 2013 | No CommentsThis thesis addresses the distinctions between 'pirates' and 'privateers' and the reasons for and usefulness of these distinctions. -
More Than Just Kidd’s Play
Posted on January 16, 2013 | No CommentsTom Wareham examines the role played by a legendary yet ill-fated pirate in the consolidation of England’s early trading empire. -
The “Gresham Ship”: an interim report on a 16th-century wreck from Princes Channel, Thames Estuary
Posted on January 8, 2013 | No CommentsThe ‘Gresham Ship’, which takes its name froma gun thought to be from the Mayfield furnace of Sir Thomas Gresham ( c. 1519–79), first came to the attention of archaeologists in July 2003. -
The Mary Rose archers were among the elite soldiers of the 16th century, research reveals
Posted on November 19, 2012 | No CommentsThese findings come from a new research project being carried out by sports scientists at Swansea University and the Mary Rose Trust to discover more about the lives of the 16th century archers on board the ship. -
‘England expects’: Nelson as a symbol of local and national identity within the museum
Posted on October 21, 2012 | No CommentsWhen Admiral Lord Nelson died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 his lifetime achievements and his agonizing death elevated him to the status of a national hero. -
Captain John Deane: Mercenary, Diplomat, and Spy
Posted on October 4, 2012 | No CommentsIn 1710 the trading vessel Nottingham Galley set out from London bound for Boston on a perilous late season voyage. -
Secret Weapons of the Napoleonic Wars
Posted on September 20, 2012 | No CommentsToward the end of the Napoleonic War a British naval architect designed a fighting ship with a rounded instead of a square stern. -
Fighting Back British Privateers and the Loss of the Leocadia, Santa Elena, 1800
Posted on September 12, 2012 | No CommentsAt the end of the eighteen century and during the first decades of the nineteen century, Europe was involved in continuing conflicts among the nations fighting for consolidating their own hegemony in the Western World. -
Reexamining the Stability of British Naval Mastery, 1692-1815
Posted on September 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe focus of this paper is to identify why Britain’s rivals’ attempts to counterbalance British naval power failed. -
The English fishing industry, 1790-1914: a case study of the Yorkshire coast
Posted on August 21, 2012 | No CommentsThe work also charts the associated development of the Yorkshire coast herring fishery. It furthermore, seeks to explain the causes of decline which afflicted all sectors of the local industry from the 1880s onwards.In all areas of this thesis, the research work undertaken has utilised a wide variety of primary sources including records of both local and national organisations. -
‘Wanton and torturing punishments’ : patterns of discipline and punishment in the Royal Navy, 1783-1815
Posted on August 20, 2012 | No CommentsThe British Navy of the time of the Napoleonic Wars acquired a fearsome reputation, not only for its success but also, in the eyes of many historians, for the cruelty with which it recruited and treated its men. It is not simply that the forms of punishment, including hanging, flogging and gagging were, to the modern eye, barbaric and unacceptable. -
The political economy of Anglo-American naval relations: pirates, slavers and the equatorial Atlantic, 1819 to 1863
Posted on August 20, 2012 | No CommentsAnglo-American naval relations in the equatorial Atlantic reveal that the nations were neither friends, nor enemies, but sought to contain their disputes so they could further their individual policy objectives that would be harmed by a war. -
A (Not So) Brief History of the Transits of Venus
Posted on June 5, 2012 | No CommentsEdmund Halley, an esteemed member of the Royal Society, published a paper in 1716 outlining how the upcoming transits could be used to find the Earth-Sun distance. -
Playing at Command: Midshipmen and Quarterdeck Boys in the Royal Navy, 1793-1815
Posted on April 11, 2012 | No CommentsThe increasing social status of young gentlemen in the Royal Navy of the Great Wars and the processes that maintained their authority reflected wider social and cultural trends - developments that confirmed the view of Georgian England as an ancien regime. -
Sports scientists examine the medieval archers of the Mary Rose
Posted on March 21, 2012 | No CommentsA unique project about the historical warship the Mary Rose which is providing information about life in medieval times is benefitting from 21st century technology. -
Commercial conflict and regulation in the discourse of trade in seventeenth-century England
Posted on March 15, 2012 | No CommentsAlthough the term is no longer as popular as once was the case, mercantilism continues to dominate our understanding of the commercial ideas and legislation of seventeenth-century England, referring not so much to a distinctive school of economic thought or ideology, as a vague set of assumptions about the belligerent nature of commerce and the inevitable need for state regulation of it. -
Shipbuilding and the English International Timber Trade, 1300-1700: a framework for study using Niche Construction Theory
Posted on March 1, 2012 | No CommentsEnglish trade has long been dependent upon the sea as the main thoroughfare for goods traveling to and from the island. Boats and ships of various sizes, shapes, and varieties have in tum, until the last century with airplanes and the Channel Tunnel, been the primary means of leaving England for any purpose. -
The Royal dockyards in England at the time of the American War of Independence
Posted on December 13, 2011 | No CommentsThe system was at fault. Individuals, such as Lord Sandwich and Charles Middleton, worked hard to keep it going, while trying at the same time to improve it. Fortunately, defeat in the war encouraged the start of this reform in the 1780's. -
TV show uncovers Tudor shipyard in Medway
Posted on December 2, 2011 | No CommentsThe first evidence confirming the site of Henry VIII's dockyard in Kent has been uncovered by the TV show Pub Dig during a search for Medway’s hidden Tudor shipyard. -
Columbus and the Labyrinth of History
Posted on October 10, 2011 | No CommentsColumbus and the Labyrinth of History By John Noble Wilford The Wilson Quarterly (Autumn 1991) Introduction: History has not been the same since Christopher Columbus. Neither has he been the... -
The ‘Gresham Ship’: an interim report on a 16th-century wreck from Princes Channel, Thames Estuary
Posted on October 26, 2010 | No CommentsThe ‘Gresham Ship’: an interim report on a 16th-century wreck from Princes Channel, Thames Estuary By Jens Auer and Antony Firth Post-Medieval Archaeology, Vol. 41:2 (2007) Abstract: The ‘Gresham Ship’... -
Work begins on Mary Rose Museum
Posted on October 12, 2010 | No CommentsWork began yesterday on the most ambitious heritage construction project seen in Europe this decade. On the 28th anniversary of the raising of the Mary Rose, work to secure the future... -
Shipbuilding and timber managment in the Royal Dockyards 1750-1850 : an archaeological investigation of timber marks
Posted on August 8, 2010 | No CommentsShipbuilding and timber managment in the Royal Dockyards 1750-1850 : an archaeological investigation of timber marks By Daniel Edward Atkinson PhD Dissertation, University of St. Andrews, 2007 Abstract: This work... -
The Evolution of Hull Design in Sixteenth-Century English Ships of War
Posted on June 6, 2010 | No CommentsThe Evolution of Hull Design in Sixteenth-Century English Ships of War By Mark Myers Master's Thesis, Texas A&M University, 1987 Abstract: During the 16th century, English warships underwent design changes... -
The Pirate and the Privateer: A Comparative Study of Sir Francis Drake and Sir Henry Morgan
Posted on May 10, 2010 | No CommentsThe Pirate and the Privateer: A Comparative Study of Sir Francis Drake and Sir Henry Morgan By Jamie Hager Greensboro Historical Review (2010) Introduction: There has been much discussion about... -
Privateering and the Private Production of Naval Power
Posted on May 9, 2010 | No CommentsPrivateering and the Private Production of Naval Power By Gary M. Anderson and Adam Gifford, Jr. Cato Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring/Summer 1991) Introduction: Privatization and the “contracting-out” of... -
Mary Rose Dog Steals the Show at DFS Crufts 2010
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsA 16th century sea dog, the only female crew member aboard Henry VIII’s flagship the Mary Rose, takes pride of place at DFS Crufts this year as special guest of...