An investigation of the size and geographical distribution of the English, Welsh, and Channel Islands Merchant Fleet, 1571-72
An investigation of the size and geographical distribution of the English, Welsh, and Channel Islands Merchant Fleet, 1571-72
This chapter examines the size and geographical distribution of the English, Welsh and Channel Islands merchant fleets. It draws upon a wide variety of sources to provide a detailed quantitative investigation of shipping capacity over 1571-72, a period rich in source material. It also discuses in detail the reliability of Elizabethan ship-surveys, especially when used in conjunction with national customs accounts.
Merchant shipping, Economy, trade
79-102
Amsterdam University Press
Lambert, Craig
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Baker, Gary P
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15 September 2020
Lambert, Craig
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Baker, Gary P
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Lambert, Craig and Baker, Gary P
(2020)
An investigation of the size and geographical distribution of the English, Welsh, and Channel Islands Merchant Fleet, 1571-72.
In,
Blakemore, Richard and Davey, James
(eds.)
The Maritime World of Early Modern Britain.
(Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Amsterdam University Press, .
(doi:10.5117/9789463721301).
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This chapter examines the size and geographical distribution of the English, Welsh and Channel Islands merchant fleets. It draws upon a wide variety of sources to provide a detailed quantitative investigation of shipping capacity over 1571-72, a period rich in source material. It also discuses in detail the reliability of Elizabethan ship-surveys, especially when used in conjunction with national customs accounts.
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Published date: 15 September 2020
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Merchant shipping, Economy, trade
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Gary P Baker
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Richard Blakemore
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James Davey
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