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Grocott: Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Eras

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Grocott: Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Eras
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Grocott, Terence. SHIPWRECKS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY & NAPOLEONIC ERAS. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg. 1997. 8vo. xvi, 430, (2) pages. Original blue cloth, gilt, protected jacket. Jacket/Book Fine. This work, written in its entirety from contemporaneous publications, is essentially a chronicle of maritime tragedies, which for the greater part have been forgotten, yet at the time of occurrence cost the lives of countless seamen. Every important shipwreck which appeared in a British newspaper or other publication of the period will be found in this volume, together with many other lesser accidents yet every shipwreck, great or small, represented a major tragedy for all concerned. For Great Britain alone, Sir G J Dalyell, a contemporary authority, claimed in 1812 that 'perhaps not less than five thousand natives of these islands yearly perish at sea'. Listed are some 1500 ships, vessels of many nations, naval and mercantile, the result of many years of research, yet they make up a very small proportion of the disasters of the 1793-1815 period. Lot weight: 1 lbs 15oz. Subject(s): Shipwreck History.