ABSTRACT

First Published in 2005. The authors of this book have tried to portray, in outline, the background of trade against which the Navy of Nelson's time had to operate. The Tarde Winds is the title they have chosen and the book should serve to remind us of many physical facts which then dominated the strategy both of trade and war—the Trade Winds themselves being not the least of them.

part I|116 pages

Part One

chapter 1|24 pages

Shipowning and Marine Insurance

chapter 2|23 pages

The Seaports

chapter 5|19 pages

Seamen

chapter 6|18 pages

Health and Sickness

part II|152 pages

Part Two

chapter 7|16 pages

The East India Trade

chapter 8|37 pages

The West Indian Trade

chapter 9|33 pages

The American Trade

chapter 10|24 pages

The Newfoundland Trade

chapter 11|27 pages

The Slave Trade

chapter 12|13 pages

The Post Office Packets