The English Channel : a history
1959, First Edition. London : Collins. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-dulled. Library copy with some marks remaining. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #419403
Physical description; 381 pages plates, maps ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; The making of the Channel -- Briton and Roman -- The Saxon centuries -- 1066 -- The Cinque Ports --The rise of the Western ports -- Channel shipping -- The new maritime interests -- The Elizabethan scene -- The Spanish War -- The highway to the ocean and the colonies -- The Anglo-Dutch Wars and the Invasion of 1688 -- The Eighteenth century -- The Great French Wars -- Sailing ships -- Peace in the Channel: the coast resorts -- Peace in the Channel: the ships and the ports -- The past forty years. Subjects; English Channel History. Atlantic Ocean English Channel. Great Britain History, Naval.
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