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Neptune's Trident is a dazzlingly detailed account of a forgotten, yet major aspect of British history. Full of risk, adventure and heroic action on the one hand, with exploitation, skull-duggery and piracy on the other, this first of five volumes carries the reader from the emergence of Tudor England on the world stage in defiance of Spain's sea-borne empire, to the end of the Seven Years War in 1763, with an account of the slavetrade until its abolition in 1807. Prize-winning maritime author Richard Woodman restores Great Britain's mercantile marine to its rightful place in the nation's history - alongside that of the Royal Navy, to whose glories it contributed - but not buried beneath it. Truly this is a surprising history.|
Author: Richard Woodman Title: Neptune's Trident: Spices and Slaves 1500-1507 Series: A History of the British Merchant Navy First Published by: Tempus Publishing Ltd Place: Format: PB Date: 20 November 2008 ISBN-10: 0752448145 ISBN-13: 9780752448145 |
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