Rasor Bibliography

View entry no. 1198

Full entry text:

Bamford, Paul Walden. "The Procurement of Oarsmen for French Galleys, 1660-1748." AHR, 65 (October 1959): 31-48. Essential feature of Mediterranean warfare, especially by 1690s; sources: c. 1/3 slaves & 2/3 prisoners.

Categories:

17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-French; galley; Mediterranean Sea; prisoner of war; slave trade;

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-French, France , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, galley, oared ship, oared vessel, trireme