Life of Captain Stephen Martin (1666-1740) / edited by Clements R. Markham
1895, 1st edition. [London] : Printed for the Navy Records Society. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #429362
Series; Publications of the Navy Records Society ; v. 5. Physical description; xxxix, 223 pages, [3] unnumbered leaves of plates : 3 illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; "This 'Life of Captain Martin' has remained in manuscript until now. It is complied from the captain's own journals" by his son (also Stephen Martin Leake) and printed in a very limited edition in 1750, and then edited by Clements R. Markham and published in 1895--Page xii. Includes index. Contents; Partial contents Appendices. A. A list of ships in the navy in 1685 -- B. A general state of the Royal Navy from Nov. 5, 1688 to Jan. 1, 1698 -- C. A list of the navy in 1699 -- D. Letters from Stephen Martin-Lake describing Portsmouth and its defence in 1729. Subjects; Leake, Stephen Martin 1666-1736. Leake, Stephen Martin 1702-1773. Leake, Stephen Martin 1666-1736 Studies. Martin, Stephen. Great Britain Royal Navy Officers ; Biography. Great Britain Royal Navy. Great Britain Royal Navy History ; Sources. Great Britain Royal Navy ; Sources. 1603-1714. Ship captains Great Britain 17th century ; Biography. Ship captains Great Britain 18th century ; Biography. Naval history Great Britain 17th century. Naval history Great Britain 18th century. Armed Forces Officers. Great Britain History, Naval Stuarts, 1603-1714 Sources. Great Britain. Great Britain History, Naval 18th century. Great Britain History, Naval 19th century. Great Britain History, Naval 18th century ; Sources.
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