Author: Jacques Bourdé de VillehuetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval tactics
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The Manoeuverer
Author: Jacques Bourdé de VillehuetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval tactics
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The Pilot, or Sailors' magazine. [Continued as] Sailors' magazine
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Author: British and foreign sailors' societyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A Dictionary of Philosophy
Author: Antony FlewPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312209231
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
This is a new, updated and revised edition of a reference work that has proved invaluable as a tool for the student of philosophy, as well as a handbook for the general reader. From the classical thinkers through Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, up to the modern age of Russell and Wittgenstein, this comprehensive dictionary spans the personalities, terminology, and vocabulary of hundreds of philosophers over thousands of years. This second edition of an important and invaluable work has been completely revised, and fifteen new major articles have been added. Now, more than ever before, A Dictionary of Philosophy is a necessary and timely work for the modern student of thought.
The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal
Author: Ralph GriffithsPublisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
A monthly book announcement and review journal. Considered to be the first periodical in England to offer reviews. In each issue the longer reviews are in the front section followed by short reviews of lesser works. It featured the novelist and poet Oliver Goldsmith as an early contributor. Griffiths himself, and likely his wife Isabella Griffiths, contributed review articles to the periodical. Later contributors included Dr. Charles Burney, John Cleland, Theophilus Cibber, James Grainger, Anna Letitia Barbauld, Elizabeth Moody, and Tobias Smollet.
Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Sam WillisPublisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 9781843833673
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea under sail; our knowledge of tactics is largely based upon the ideas of contemporary theorists rather than practitioners] who knew little of the realities of sailing warfare, and our knowledge of command is similarly flawed. In this book the author presents new evidence from contemporary sources that overturns many old assumptions and introduces a host of new ideas. In a series of thematic chapters, following the rough chronology of a sea fight from initial contact to damage repair, the author offers a dramatic interpretation of fighting at sea in the eighteenth century, and explains in greater depth than ever before how and why sea battles (including Trafalgar) were won and lost in the great Age of Sail. He explains in detail how two ships or fleets identified each other to be enemies; how and why they manoeuvred for battle; how a commander communicated his ideas, and how and why his subordinates acted in the way that they did. SAM WILLIS has lectured at Bristol University and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. He is also the author of Fighting Ships, 1750-1850(Quercus).
Publishing Policies and Family Strategies
Author: Arianne BaggermanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004257950
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
This study analyses the development of the Dutch publishers and booksellers firm Blussé in connection with the history of the Blussé family between 1745 and 1830. The book offers new insight in the organization of the book trade, the theory and practice of copyright, competition and cooperation among publishers, book prices and print runs, including advertising and marketing. The history of the company is linked with that of the family, using letters and other autobiographical writings. Education, marriage policies, reading practices are among the subjects studied. Within the context of cultural developments, the influence of the Enlightenment, and the political upheavals in the period in the Netherlands, this book is both a detailed book history and a broadly based study of cultural change in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
The Oxford History of the British Empire: The Eighteenth Century
Author: Alaine LowPublisher: Oxford History of the British Empire
ISBN: 9780199246779
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records.
The Gentleman's Magazine
Author: Arms and Armor in Colonial America, 1526-1783
Author: Harold Leslie PetersonPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486412443
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Finest single-volume survey of Colonial weaponry covers firearms, ammunition, edged weapons, and armor. Over 300 illus.
The Path of Peace; Or, a Practical Guide to Duty and Happiness
Author: John Stevens Cabot ABBOTTPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description