The Port of Bristol in the second half of the eighteenth century : an examination of the organisational structure of the port pertaining to the management and operation of its shipping, with special reference to ships trading with the West Indies and America

In comparison to the amount of research that has been carried out on Royal Navy affairs and its ports and dockyards, few studies have been done on the day to day operations of merchant shipping and civilian ports, especially in the eighteenth century. This thesis attempts to partly redress this by e...

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Main Author: MacMillan, John Gilbert
Other Authors: Barry, Jonathan
Published: University of Exeter 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.691197