I just read The Wooden World: Anatomy of the Georgian Navy N.A.M. Rodger
I sometimes pick up books at random on subjects I previously knew nothing about.
Anyway, almost everything you thought you knew about the 18th century Royal Navy is wrong. Bizarrly, it was one of the most progressive large organizations of the period. The author spent about 10 years poking about in Admaralty archives in the Public Records Office so presumably he knows his stuff.
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Date: 2005-05-30 01:49 pm (UTC)N.A.M. Rodger
I sometimes pick up books at random on subjects I previously knew nothing about.
Anyway, almost everything you thought you knew about the 18th century Royal Navy is wrong. Bizarrly, it was one of the most progressive large organizations of the period. The author spent about 10 years poking about in Admaralty archives in the Public Records Office so presumably he knows his stuff.