| Description |
1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps |
| Contents |
Cover -- Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Epigraph -- Introduction -- Shipwrecks and Scholars -- Chapter 1. Ships at Risk -- Chapter 2. The Perils of the Sea -- Chapter 3. Wreccum Maris: The Law of 'Wreck of the Sea' -- Chapter 4. 'The Barbarous Country People' -- Chapter 5. 'The Great Profit of the Lords of Manors' -- Chapter 6. The Lord Admiral's Droits and His Majesty's Profit -- Chapter 7. Shipwreck Tales from Sea and Shore -- Chapter 8. The Bounty of the Golden Grape -- Chapter 9. Mariners in Distress -- Chapter 10. Material Bounty Brought Ashore -- Chapter 11. Deep Recovery -- Chapter 12. Eighteenth-Century Wrecking Revisited -- 1: Ships at Risk -- Numbers and Values -- Levels of Loss -- 2: The Perils of the Sea -- Ancient Mariners -- Renaissance Wrecks -- Shipwrecks of the Soul and State -- Shipwrecking Storms and Tempests -- Lost Sailors and Faulty Charts -- Unskilfulness and Insufficiency -- Leaky Vessels -- 3: Wreccum Maris: The Law of 'Wreck of the Sea' -- Statutes and Cases -- The Admiralty and the Common Law -- Commissions and Consequences -- Crimes and Remedies -- 4: The Barbarous Country People -- Moral Reproach -- Petitions and Complaints -- Inhumane Dealings -- 5: The Great Profit of the Lords of Manors -- The Bristol Channel -- Cornwall -- Devon -- Dorset -- Sussex -- Kent -- Norfolk -- Yorkshire and the North -- 6: The Lord Admiral's Droits and His Majesty's Profit -- Wardens and Admirals -- Admiral Buckingham -- The King's Admiralty -- Restoration Bounties -- Customs Demands -- 7: Shipwreck Tales from Sea and Shore -- Northumberland, 1559 and 1565 -- Pevensey 1569 and 1575 -- Bishopstone, 1578 -- Goodwin Sands¸ 1585 -- Stokenham, 1601 -- Goodwin Sands, 1616 -- Seaford, 1633 -- The Essex Sands, 1634 -- Sidestrand, 1636 -- Seaford, 1637 -- Littlehampton, 1654 |
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The North Sea, 1660 -- The Isles of Scilly, 1665 -- Cakeham, 1676 -- 8: The Bounty of the Golden Grape -- Commissioners and Deponents -- Pieces of Eight -- Men of Authority -- Raisins Galore -- The Wreck Economy -- Wrecking and the Social Order -- 9: Mariners in Distress -- Shipwrecked Sailors -- Ship-Broken Men -- 10: Material Bounty Brought Ashore -- Goods from the Sea -- Mixed Cargoes -- Pieces of Ships -- Ordnance -- Wine -- Oil -- Textiles -- Clothes from the Sea -- Culinary Delights -- Seaborne Wood -- Varied Findings -- Coin and Bullion -- Shipwrecks and the Economy of Makeshifts -- 11: Deep Recovery -- Intrepid Divers -- Fishing for Guns -- Fishing for Treasure -- 12: Eighteenth-Century Wrecking Revisited -- The Shipwreck Environment -- Barbarous Shores -- New Laws -- Customs versus customs -- Shipwreck Episodes -- The Anna and Helena, Devon 1738 -- The Boscawen, Cornwall 1745 -- The Nympha, Sussex 1747 -- The Hope, Dorset 1749 -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX: Two Centuries of Shipwrecks -- Bibliography -- Manuscript Sources -- Newspapers -- Printed Primary Sources -- Modern Sources -- Index |
| Summary |
Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a work of social history examining community relationships, law, and seafaring over the long early modern period, exploring the politics of the coastline, the economy of scavenging, and the law of 'wreck of the sea' from the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I to the end of the reign of George II |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed August 17, 2023) |
| Subject |
Salvage -- England -- History
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Shipwrecks -- England -- History
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Salvage
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Shipwrecks
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England
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0192678140 |
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9780192678140 |
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0191954268 |
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9780191954269 |
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9780192678133 |
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0192678132 |
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