British Naval Administration in the Age of Walpole (eBook)

Daniel A. Baugh (Autor)

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2015
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-7463-7 (ISBN)

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This historical analysis of the problems faced by the British navy during the War of 1739-1748 also sheds light on the character, limitations, and potentialities of eighteenth-century British administration.Originally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.12.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Able seaman (rank) • Admiral (Royal Navy) • Admiralty Board (United Kingdom) • Alfred Thayer Mahan • American Revolutionary War • Annapolis Royal • Appointee • Baron Berkeley • Blockade • British Army • central government • Channel Fleet • Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor • comptroller • Constable of the Tower • Court-Martial • Desertion • Duke of Bedford • English Revolution • Exchequer • Flag officer • Fleet Commander • frigate • Government bond • Henry Legge (courtier) • Herbert Richmond • Home Fleet • Horace Walpole • House of Correction • Impressment • Jamaica Station (Royal Navy) • John Stow • King's Lynn • King's shilling • Landsman (rank) • letter of marque • Lord Lieutenant • Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty • Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports • Master and Commander • Mediterranean Fleet • Mediterranean pass • Mediterranean Squadron (United States) • Merchant vessel • midshipman • Mr. • Naval base • Naval History • Naval Service (Ireland) • naval ship • Naval Stores • Naval strategy • naval warfare • Navy • Navy Board • Navy Island • Navy Office (Germany) • Navy Records Society • Payment • petty officer • Politique • Port Antonio • Port of London Authority • Portsmouth Point • Post ship • Prince George of Denmark • Princess Amelia (1634 ship) • Prize money • Public Record Office • Purser • rear admiral • REFIT • Robert Walpole • Royal Navy • salary • Samuel Pepys • scurvy • sea captain • Secretary at War • seniority • Ship • Shipbuilding • Ship of the line • Ship's company • Sir Francis Drake (TV series) • Sloop • Squadron (naval) • storekeeper • Surveyor of the Navy • Tax • The Influence of Sea Power Upon History • Tories (British political party) • Vice Admiral • Vice admiral (United States) • Victualler • Victualling Commissioners • Weobley (UK Parliament constituency) • West Indies Squadron (United States) • Whigs (British political party) • Woolwich Dockyard
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-7463-7 / 1400874637
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-7463-7 / 9781400874637