The Naval History of Great Britain
A New Edition, with Additions and Notes, and an Account of the Burmese War and the Battle of Navarino

A detailed, authoritative history of the Royal Navy during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, first published between in the 1820s.

William James (Author), Frederick Chamier (Edited by)

9781108021654, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 February 2011

532 pages, 6 b/w illus. 4 tables
21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.67 kg

William James (1780–1827) was a lawyer and naval historian best known for this magisterial history of the Royal Navy between 1793 and 1827. James began to research the role of the Royal Navy in the Revolutionary Wars, publishing five volumes between 1822 and 1824. This was expanded up to 1827 in later editions. In one of the most comprehensive histories of the Navy in the Napoleonic Wars ever published, James' rigorous research methodology using various contemporary sources provides detailed descriptions of the operations of the Royal Navy in the period. Fleet campaigns and minor engagements are discussed, with technical and tactical details of ships and battles also provided. These volumes (here reissued from the 1859 edition) remain an invaluable source of information for the history of the Royal Navy during this fascinating period. Volume 1 covers 1793–1796 and includes the Siege of Toulon.

Preface to the new edition
Author's preface
Editor's preface
1. 1488 to 1792
2. 1792–3. First French revolutionary war
3. British and French fleets
4. Light squadrons and single ships
5. Colonial expeditions
6. North America
7. West Indies
8. East Indies
9. 1794. British and French fleets
10. Light squadrons and single ships
11. Colonial expeditions
12. West Indies
13. Coast of Africa
14. 1795. British and French fleets
15. British and Dutch fleets
16. Light squadrons and single ships
17. Colonial expeditions
18. West Indies
19. East Indies
20. 1796. British and French fleets
21. British and Spanish fleets
22. British and Franco-Spanish fleets
23. British and French fleets
24. Light squadrons and single ships
25. Colonial expeditions
26. North America
27. West Indies
28. East Indies
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Military history [HBW]