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)

9781108021661, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 4 November 2010

512 pages, 5 b/w illus. 3 tables
21.6 x 14 x 2.9 cm, 0.65 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 2 covers 1797–1800 and the Battle of the Nile.

1. 1797. British and French fleets
2. British and Spanish fleets
3. British and Franco-Spanish fleets
4. British and Dutch fleets
5. Light squadrons and single ships
6. Colonial expeditions
7. North America
8. West Indies
9. Cape of Good Hope
10. 1798. British and French fleets
11. British and Spanish fleets
12. British and Dutch fleets
13. Light squadrons and single ships
14. Colonial expeditions
15. West Indies
16. 1799. British and French fleets
17. British and Franco-Spanish fleets
18. British and French fleets
19. British and Dutch fleets
20. Light squadrons and single ships
21. Colonial expeditions
22. West Indies
23. East Indies
24. 1800. British and French fleets
25. British and Spanish fleets
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Military history [HBW]