Author: William James SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Smith-Kempthorne Family History (1630-1999)
Author: William James SmithThe Parochial History of Cornwall
Author: Davies GilbertPublisher:
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Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Charlestown Navy Yard, Historic Resource Study, Volume 3 of 3, 2010
Author: Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892
Author: Edmund Jennings LeeBrown Genealogy of Many of the Descendants of Thomas, John, and Eleazer Brown
Author: Cyrus Henry BrownIn The Court of Claims
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781018971582
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf
Author: Muhammad Al-QasimiPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000156370
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The British became the dominant power in the Arab Gulf in the late eighteenth century. The conventional view has justified British imperial expansion in the Gulf region because of the need to supress Arab piracy. This book, first published in 1988, challenges the myth of piracy and argues that its threat was created by the East India Company for commercial reasons. The Company was determined to increase its share of Gulf trade with India at the expense of the native Arab traders, especially the Qawasim of the lower Gulf. However, the Company did not possess the necessary warships and needed to persuade the British Government to commit the Royal Navy to achieve this dominance. Accordingly the East India Company orchestrated a campaign to misrepresent the Qawasim as pirates who threatened all maritime activity in the northern Indian Ocean and adjacent waters. Any misfortune that happened to any ship in the area was attributed to the ‘Joasmee pirates’. This campaign was to lead eventually to the storming of Ras al-Khaimah and the destruction of the Qawasim. Based on extensive use of the Bombay Archives, previously unused by researchers, this book provides a thorough reinterpretation of a vital period in Gulf history. It also illuminates the style and method of the East India Company at a critical period in the expansion of the British Empire.
Old Falmouth
Author: Susan Elizabeth GayPublisher:
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Category : Falmouth (Cornwall)
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
A History of Devonshire
Author: Richard Nicholls WorthPublisher:
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Category : Devon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales
Author: Bernard BurkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armories
Languages : en
Pages : 1346
Book Description
The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the about 1961.