An History of Marine Architecture: Including an Enlarged and Progressive View of the Nautical Regulations and Naval History, Both Civil and Military, . Collection - Naval and Military History)

John Charnock

ISBN 10: 1108084125 / ISBN 13: 9781108084123

Published by Cambridge University Press 01/l /28 J, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An History of Marine Architecture: Including an Enlarged and Progressive View of the Nautical Regulations and Naval History, Both Civil and Military, . Collection - Naval and Military History)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 01/l /28 J
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108084125
• ISBN 13: 9781108084123
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

After completing his studies at Trinity College, Oxford, John Charnock (1756–1807) joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer. Though details of his career at sea are lacking, he is known to have embarked on assiduous research into historical and contemporary naval affairs, and he cultivated contacts with many serving officers. His six-volume Biographia Navalis (1794–8), flawed yet still useful, is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. Published in three volumes from 1800 to 1802, the present work stands as the first serious study of naval architecture in Britain in particular, while also noting major developments in Europe and beyond. The volumes are illustrated throughout with numerous designs of vessels. Volume 2 (1801) opens by considering Venetian and Genoese seafaring in the middle of the fifteenth century. Significant space is then given to the navies of the Tudors and Stuarts, and to changes in Europe up to the end of the seventeenth century.

Book Description

With naval experience and contacts, John Charnock (1756-1807) embarked on research into historical and contemporary naval affairs. His six-volume Biographia Navalis (1794-8) is also reissued in this series. This three-volume work, published 1800-2, stands as the first serious study of British naval architecture, and also covers developments overseas.