The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800: Continuity and Innovation in a Key Technology

by Phillip Reid

In The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600–1800, Phillip Reid shows how ordinary commercial vessels reflected the risk management strategies of those who designed, built, bought, and sailed them.

Interview with the Author

Ben Franklin’s World  
309 Phillip Reid, Merchant Ships of the Eighteenth Century
8/17/21         63 min

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