Early Stuart Mariners and Shipping The Maritime Surveys of Devon and Cornwall 1619 35

Gray, Todd (Editor)

ISBN 10: 090185333X / ISBN 13: 9780901853332

Published by Devon & Cornwall Record Society, 1990

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200 pages. 0.91x0.59x0.71 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Early Stuart Mariners and Shipping The Maritime Surveys of Devon and Cornwall 1619 35
• Publisher: Devon & Cornwall Record Society
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 090185333X
• ISBN 13: 9780901853332
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.37 kilograms

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.