ABSTRACT

First Published in 2005. This book arose in conversation with some very good friends of the British merchant seaman who were regretting their inability to put into his hands any comprehensive one-volume history of the shipping industry.

chapter |12 pages

PROLOGUE: THE SEA AS BARRIER AND HIGHWAY

chapter I|28 pages

"SHIPS OF TARSHISH"

THE SEA-TRADERS OF ANTIQUITY

chapter II|27 pages

"BRIDES OF THE ADRIATIC"

THE MEDITERRANEAN EPOCH

chapter III|30 pages

KING HERRING AND GOLDEN FLEECE

THE EARLY SHIPPING INDUSTRY OF NORTHERN EUROPE

chapter IV|20 pages

THE WEALTH OF THE INDIES

THE OPENING OF THE OCEAN ROUTES

chapter V|28 pages

MERCHANT ADVENTURERS

THE RISE OF ENGLAND

chapter VI|16 pages

"THE PRODIGIOUS INCREASE OF THE NETHERLANDS"

THE DUTCH AS GENERAL CARRIERS

chapter VII|16 pages

"SHIPS, COLONIES, AND COMMERCE"

THE ERA OF THE NAVIGATION ACTS

chapter VIII|28 pages

"THE SHIPPING INTEREST"

THE CARRYING TRADE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

chapter IX|27 pages

"WHITE WINGS" AND "TIN KETTLES"

THE CLIPPER SHIP ERA AND THE RISE OF STEAM

chapter X|18 pages

LINERS AND TRAMPS

THE EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN SHIPPING INDUSTRY

chapter XI|21 pages

COMPETITION AND COMBINATION

THE ORGANIZATION OF MODERN SHIPPING

chapter XII|21 pages

THE WORLD'S KEY INDUSTRY

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