Maritime history of Britain and Ireland, c. 400-2001
By: Ian Friel.
Publisher: British Museum Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Shipping -- Great Britain -- History.; Shipping -- Ireland -- History.; Great Britain -- History, Naval.; Ireland -- History, Naval.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-295) and index.
At head of title: The British Museum.
Table of contents: title: A boat to the island of ghosts, c.400-700; title: Wics, wars and 'heathen men', 700-1066; title: War and trade, 1066-c.1500; title: Into the ocean, c.1500-1600; title: Fall and rise, c.1600-1815; title: Pax Britannica, 1815-1914; title: Flagging-out, 1914-2001.