The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800: Continuity and Innovation in a Key Technology

by Phillip Reid

In The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600--1800, Phillip Reid refutes the long-held assumption that merchant ship technology in the British Atlantic during the two centuries of its development was static for all intents and purposes, and that whatever incremental changes took place in it were inconsequential to the development of the British Empire and its offshoots.

Drawing on a unique combination of evidence from both traditional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004424083
• ISBN13: 9789004424081
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 324 Pages