The first fleets : colonial navies of the British Atlantic world, 1630-1775 / Benjamin C. Schaffer.

Portion of title Colonial navies of the British Atlantic world, 1630-1775
SeriesMaritime currents : history and archaeology
Maritime currents. ^A1427581
Contents The transatlantic roots of provincial navies up to 1685 -- Provincial navies in the First Imperial Wars of 1689-1713 -- Provincial navies and irregular warfare on imperial borderlands, c. 1713-1739 -- The War of Jenkins' Ear and the incomplete "royalization" of American naval defense -- The replacement of provincial navies by the Royal Navy in the Seven Years' War, c. 1756-1763 -- The legacy of provincial navies and the navies of the American Revolution, c. 1762-1775.
Abstract "The American Revolution is generally considered the birth of the American naval tradition, but in The First Fleets naval scholar Benjamin C. Schaffer shows that Anglo-American governments possessed economic and political capital to maintain offensive and defensive fleets generations before the American Revolution"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2024044784
ISBN9780817362065
ISBN9780817322342 hardcover
ISBN0817322345 hardcover
ISBN0817362061 paperback
ISBNelectronic book

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