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Poor Jack : the perilous history of the merchant seaman /

Drawing upon a mass of contemporary, anecdotal material spanning four millennia, Ronald Hope provides a realistic and non-sentimentalised social history of the merchant seaman in the western world.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hope, Ronald
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Chatham Pub., ©2001.
Subjects:
Merchant marine > History.
Seafaring life.
Marine marchande > Histoire.
Vie en mer.
Merchant marine
Seafaring life
Geography.
History
Table of Contents:
  • The birth of Poor Jack
  • The first millenium
  • Medieval timees 1000-1440
  • Outward bound 1440-1505
  • Round the world 1505-1561
  • The first Elizabethans 1561-1581
  • Momentous years 1581-1589
  • Privateers 1589-1596
  • The gorgeous East 1596-1617
  • A larger prison 1617-1642
  • The professionals 1642-1669
  • Seaman and the surgeon 1669-1689
  • The Manila ship 1689-1709
  • A cruise on the Spaniards 1709-1735
  • A golden time 1735-1750
  • The transit of Venus 1750-1785
  • God help sailors! 1785-1815
  • Lucky for some 1815-1835
  • Sail and steam 1835-1860
  • Fiddler's Green 1860-1885
  • The last of the windjammers 1885-1910
  • All cargo and no comfort 1910-1935
  • War and peace 1935-1960
  • The end of Poor Jack 1960-2000.