Education of mercantile mariners in the North East ports (1840-1902)
In the 1830s, there was increasing public alarm about the numbers of vessels and lives lost at sea. On a national level, a Select Committee was set up in 1836 to investigate the problem and in its report it made a number of suggestions which, it hoped, would bring about an improvement in the conduct...
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Durham University
1987
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.376226 |