Sons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail by Stephen Taylor

Sons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail

Stephen Taylor

535 pages first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

nonfiction historical history informative slow-paced
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A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain's trade, exploration, and warfare"No other book resurrects the wooden world of Jack Tar in such captivating and voluminous detail."--Roger Ekirch, ...

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