Rasor Bibliography

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Full entry text:

Blake, Nicholas. Steering to Glory: A Day in the Life of a Ship of the Line. London: Chatham, 2005, 304 pp. 60 illustrations; narrative of a model 24-hour day, e.g., in summer of 1805 when from Mediterranean made 6686 mile roundtrip to & from West Indies.

Categories:

19th C. (1800-1899); age of sail; ship of the line; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, age of sail