The Eastern Seas

Author: George Windsor Earl
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dutch East Indies
Languages : en
Pages : 500

Book Description
Appendices incl. observations on Australia and on Aborigines; p.436; About 1000 Bugis from Macassar collect trapang in northern Australia annually; p.442-446; Settlements at Melville Island, 1824 and Raffles Bay, 1827 - subsequent abondonment, clashes with Aborigines; Desirability of northern settlement; reasons against making Port Essington a penal establishment; p.454-456; Views of the Aborigines of the Wellington Valley, N.S.W., about the inland sea quoted from Dr. Henderson and W.H. Breton; similar views of Swan River Aborigines, information from Mr. Moore.

To the Eastern Seas

Author: Julian Stockwin
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1473698707
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world' - Guardian With Bonaparte held to a stalemate in Europe, the race to empire is now resumed. Britain's ambitions turn to the Spice Islands, the Dutch East Indies, where Admiral Pellew has been sent to confront the enemy's vastly rich holdings in these tropical islands. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd joins reinforcements to snatch these for the British Crown. The two colonial masters of India and the East Indies face each other in mortal striving for the region - there can be only one victor to hold all the spoils. The colonial genius, Stamford Raffles, believes Britain should strike at the very centre of Dutch spice production, the Moluccas, rather than the fortresses one by one but is fiercely opposed. Kydd, allying himself to this cause, conspires to lead a tiny force to a triumphant conclusion - however the Dutch, stung by this loss, claim vengeance from the French. A battle for Java and an empire in the East stretches Kydd and Tyger's company to their very limits. ************* Praise for Julian Stockwin's Kydd series 'Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line' Daily Express 'This heady adventure blends fact and fiction in rich, authoritative detail' Nautical Magazine 'Fans of fast-paced adventure will get their fill with this book' Historical Naval Society

Kydd

Author: Julian Stockwin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743216679
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
From internationally bestselling author Julian Stockwell comes a dramatic story closely based on real events following one man’s journey as he becomes a true sailor and defender of Britain. Europe is ablaze with war. The British prime minister is under pressure to intimidate the French and dispatches a Navy squadron to appear off the French coast. To man the ships, ordinary citizens must be press-ganged. Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, is seized and taken across the country to be part of the crew of the ninety-eight-gun line-of-battle ship Duke William. The ship sails immediately and Kydd has to learn the harsh realities of shipboard life fast. Despite all he goes through, amid dangers of tempest and battle, he comes to admire the skills and courage of his fellow seamen, taking up the challenge himself to become a true sailor and defender of Britain at war. Kydd launches a masterly writing talent and is the first installment of a thrilling new series. Based on dramatic real events, it is classic storytelling at its best, rich with action, exceptional characters, and a page-turning narrative.

Pirates of the Eastern Seas (1618-1723)

Author: Charles Grey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indian Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 376

Book Description

The East India Company's Maritime Service, 1746-1834

Author: Jean Sutton
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843835835
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 330

Book Description
The book charts in detail successive voyages by members of the Larkins family, who were leading owners of East India Company ships, showing what it was like to sail to and trade with India in this period. It provides a great deal of material on trade, warfare, developments in seamanship and navigation, the opening up of trade to China, and much more.

Trade in Eastern Seas 1793-1813

Author: C. Northcote Parkinson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136235647
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 461

Book Description
First Published in 1966.This volume adds to maritime history with information on trade in the Eastern Seas from 1793 to 1813. It is a description of conditions not a narrative of events.

In the Eastern Seas

Author: William Henry Giles Kingston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 620

Book Description

Seaflower

Author: Julian Stockwin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743214633
Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
Internationally bestselling author Stockwin's seafaring hero, young Thomas Kydd, comes of age in this third epic naval adventure set in the Great Age of Sail.

Intermarium

Author: Marek Jan Chodakiewicz
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 1412847745
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 577

Book Description
History and collective memories influence a nation, its culture, and institutions; hence, its domestic politics and foreign policy. That is the case in the Intermarium, the land between the Baltic and Black Seas in Eastern Europe. The area is the last unabashed rampart of Western Civilization in the East, and a point of convergence of disparate cultures. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz focuses on the Intermarium for several reasons. Most importantly because, as the inheritor of the freedom and rights stemming from the legacy of the Polish-Lithuanian/Ruthenian Commonwealth, it is culturally and ideologically compatible with American national interests. It is also a gateway to both East and West. Since the Intermarium is the most stable part of the post-Soviet area, Chodakiewicz argues that the United States should focus on solidifying its influence there. The ongoing political and economic success of the Intermarium states under American sponsorship undermines the totalitarian enemies of freedom all over the world. As such, the area can act as a springboard to addressing the rest of the successor states, including those in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation. Intermarium has operated successfully for several centuries. It is the most inclusive political concept within the framework of the Commonwealth. By reintroducing the concept of the Intermarium into intellectual discourse the author highlights the autonomous and independent nature of the area. This is a brilliant and innovative addition to European Studies and World Culture.

Cenozoic Seas

Author: Edward J. Petuch
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1135501424
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 707

Book Description