Böcker i Exeter Maritime Studies-serien

Man and the Maritime Environment is the ninth volume to be published in the now well-established series Exeter Maritime Studies which aims to investigate and interpret not only the British maritime past but also the European and international topics from the earliest times to the contemporary world.

Leisure studies have become an increasingly important area of research within social history. In six original essays and an Introduction by established historians, RECREATION AND THE SEA focuses on the theme of the sea and leisure activities in England and Continental Europe.

An important part of eighteenth-century maritime conflict involved the destruction of enemy commerce and the protection of home trade. Privateering therefore represented a business opportunity to the maritime community, a chance to acquire instant wealth at the enemy's expense;