Early-Stuart Mariners and Shipping
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Early-Stuart Mariners and Shipping by Todd Gray
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.
TODD GRAY MBE is Research Fellow at the University of Exeter and the author or editor of a number of volumes on Exeter and Devon including William Birchynshaw's Map of Exeter, 1743 and The Chronicle of Exeter, 1205-1722.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780901853332 |
| ISBN 10 | 090185333X |
| Title | Early-Stuart Mariners and Shipping |
| Author | Todd Gray |
| Series | Devon And Cornwall Record Society |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Devon & Cornwall Record Society |
| Year published | 1990-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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