A Boston Schooner in the Royal Navy, 1768-1772 - Commerce and Conflict in Maritime British America (Hardcover)

Uses rare surviving records, including fully intact logbooks, to situate the customs-enforcement interceptor Sultana within the wider picture of the British Atlantic in this crucial period. The small Boston-built schooner Sultana served as a customs-enforcement interceptor on the North American eastern seaboard in the period leading up to the American Declaration of Independence, when British taxation of American trade was a hugely contentious issue. As a typical workaday British American merchant ship taken into naval service, Sultana offers a rare opportunity to understand a technology of paramount importance to this world, where records for merchant ships are scarce, but where in this case a wealth of information, from plan drawings to the fully-intact logbooks, has survived. The book provides a detailed narrative of the ship's activities, and reveals the nature of life on board and the day to day business of operating a small sailing ship. It explores the technology of the ship and her sailing qualities as revealed by the ship's logs and also by the performance of a modern replica. In addition, the book situates Sultana's role within the wider picture of the British Atlantic in this crucial period. It is thereby both naval microhistory and also Atlantic history for all scholars interested in the formation and development of the British Atlantic world.

General

Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2023
Authors:	Phillip Reid
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	306
ISBN-13:	978-1-78327-746-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > History > American history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history
LSN:	1-78327-746-7
Barcode:	9781783277469

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