| Early-Stuart Mariners and Shipping: The Maritime Surveys of Devon and Cornwall 1619-35 Contributor(s): Gray, Todd (Editor) |
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ISBN: 090185333X ISBN-13: 9780901853332 Publisher: Devon & Cornwall Record Society OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - Stuart Era (1603-1714) - Reference | Genealogy & Heraldry - History | Modern - General |
| Dewey: 929.342 |
| LCCN: 92246551 |
| Series: Devon and Cornwall Record Society |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.7" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume contains all the surviving early-Stuart surveys of Mariners and Shipping for Devon and Cornwall, including a hitherto unknown one of south Devon discovered in the Pepys Library at Magdalene College Cambridge. From parish to parish, all along the coasts of the two counties and in some cases far inland, the seafaring population is delineated. There are about 6000 names in all, a source for social and maritime historians and especially valuable for family historians in the two counties. Nearly unique in its time as an 'occupation census', the information provides rare glimpses into local life. Included in the Introduction is an analysis of contemporary ships' names. |