The Naval Chronicle: Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects: 5 - Brossura

 
9781108018449: The Naval Chronicle: Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects: 5

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Volume 5 of the Naval Chronicle (1801) contains British and Danish accounts of the Battle of Copenhagen that spring.

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The Naval Chronicle, published in 40 volumes between 1799 and 1818, is a key source for British maritime and military history. Volume 5 contains reports on the Battle of Copenhagen (April 1801), and the terms of the armistice negotiated by Nelson. It also includes historical, technical and topographical contributions.

Contenuti

Preface; Biographical memoirs; On the progress of nautical knowledge; A treatise on signals; Philosophical papers; Correspondence relative to French prisoners of war; Gazette letters; State papers; Naval courts martial; Monthly register of naval events; State of the British naval force; On the mode of improving the Navy; Illustrations of naval history; Marine law cases; Brief account of the civil naval history of Great Britain; Naval literature; Poetry; Index.

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