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Tables of Contents for Maritime History
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
viii
About the Contributors
x
Preface
xii
Introduction
xiv
John B. Hattendorf
Part I: The Second Age of Discovery: The Opening of the Pacific
1
44
Precursors and Predators
3
12
Glyndwr Williams
Explorers and Geographers
15
12
Glyndwr Williams
Science and Philosophy
27
10
Glyndwr Williams
Aftermath and Exploitation
37
8
Glyndwr Williams
Part II: The Science and Practice of Navigation
45
72
The Development of Navigational Techniques before 1740: General Background
47
10
Karel Davids
Techniques and Methods of Navigation before 1740
57
12
Willem F. J. Morzer Bruyns
Sources of Knowledge: Charts and Rutters
69
10
Willem F. J. Morzer Bruyns
Sources of Knowledge: Journals, Logs, and Travel Accounts
79
8
Karel Davids
The Development of Navigational Techniques, 1740-1815: General Background
87
8
Karel Davids
The Development of Navigational Methods and Techniques, 1740--1815
95
6
Willem F. J. Morzer Bruyns
The Diffusion of Navigational Knowledge: Comparative Approaches
101
8
Karel Davids
The Application of Navigational and Hydrographical Knowledge, 1740--1815
109
8
Willem F. J. Morzer Bruyns
Part III: The Struggle for Empire
117
94
Elements of Naval Power in the Eighteenth Century
119
18
Daniel A. Baugh
Officers and Men
137
8
N. A. M. Rodger
Trade and Colonies: Financial and Maritime Strength, ca. 1714--1790
145
18
Daniel A. Baugh
American Colonial Commerce
163
12
Benjamin W. Labaree
The Exercise of Sea Power and Its Challenges
175
10
N. A. M. Rodger
The Global Warfare of Britain and France, 1739-1763: Aims, Strategies, Results
185
14
Daniel A. Baugh
The War for America, 1775--1783
199
12
Daniel A. Baugh
N. A. M. Rodger
Part IV: The Maritime Legacy of Empire
211
82
The Atlantic Economics before 1800
213
20
R. J. B. Knight
Changing Technologies and Materials
233
10
R. J. B. Knight
The Convulsion of Europe: The Naval Conflict during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
243
14
R. J. B. Knight
The Last Years of Sail
257
18
R. J. B. Knight
Romanticism and the Literature of the Sea
275
18
Thomas Philbrick
Index
293