Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-346) and index.
Contents:
English maritime depredation in transition, 1603-1625 / John C. Appleby. The work of G.V. Scammell / Cheryl A. Fury -- The men of Mary Rose / Ann Stirling -- Tudor merchant seafarers in the early Guinea Trade / J.D. Alsop -- The Elizabethan martime community / Cheryl A. Fury -- The religious shipboard culture of sixteenth and seventeenth-century English sailors / Vincent V. Patarino, Jr -- Health and health care at sea / Cheryl A. Fury -- The relief of English disabled ex-sailors, c. 1590-1680 / Geoffrey L. Hudson -- Seamen's wives and widows / Cheryl A. Fury -- Jacobean piracy : English maritime depredation in transition, 1603-1625 / John C. Appleby.
Summary:
Investigates the lives of common sailors engaged in commerce, exploration, privateering and piracy, and naval actions during Tudor and Stuart periods.
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