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Trade Review
A gold mine of maritime history... Middleton's Tobacco Coast is credited by some scholars with generating much of today's environmental and historical interest in the Chesapeake Bay, even before James Michener got hold of it. Newport News Daily Press

Table of Contents

Foreword
Foreword to the First Edition
Part I. Sea and Bay
Chapter 1. Ocean Passage
Chapter 2. The Great Bay of Chesapeake
Chapter 3. Shoals and Shallows
Part II. Commerce
Chapter 4. The Tobacco Trade
Chapter 5. British and African Trade
Chapter 6. American and South-European Trade
Part III. Shipping
Chapter 7. Ships and Shipbuilding
Chapter 8. The Merchant Marine
Chapter 9. Masters and mariners
Part IV. Warfare
Chapter 10. The Convoy System
Chapter 11. Defense of the Bay
Chapter 12. Prizes and Privateers
Part V. Conclusion
Chapter 13. Conclusion
Footnotes
Bibliography
Appendices
Index

Tobacco Coast A Maritime History of Chesapeake

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 27/12/1984
      ISBN13: 9780801825347, 978-0801825347
      ISBN10: 0801825342
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      A gold mine of maritime history... Middleton's Tobacco Coast is credited by some scholars with generating much of today's environmental and historical interest in the Chesapeake Bay, even before James Michener got hold of it. Newport News Daily Press

      Table of Contents

      Foreword
      Foreword to the First Edition
      Part I. Sea and Bay
      Chapter 1. Ocean Passage
      Chapter 2. The Great Bay of Chesapeake
      Chapter 3. Shoals and Shallows
      Part II. Commerce
      Chapter 4. The Tobacco Trade
      Chapter 5. British and African Trade
      Chapter 6. American and South-European Trade
      Part III. Shipping
      Chapter 7. Ships and Shipbuilding
      Chapter 8. The Merchant Marine
      Chapter 9. Masters and mariners
      Part IV. Warfare
      Chapter 10. The Convoy System
      Chapter 11. Defense of the Bay
      Chapter 12. Prizes and Privateers
      Part V. Conclusion
      Chapter 13. Conclusion
      Footnotes
      Bibliography
      Appendices
      Index

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