Fighting ships and prisons; the Mediterranean galleys of France in the age of Louis XIV [by] Paul W. Bamford. With drawings by John W. Ekstrom.

Author
Bamford, Paul W. (Paul Walden), 1921- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press [1973]
Description
x, 380 pages illustrations 24 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Bibliography: p. 357-361.
    Contents
    • The Uses of Galleys
    • Limitations of the Oar
    • The Base at Marseilles
    • Building and Victualing the Galley Corps
    • Officers and the Crown
    • Chaplains, Lower Officers, and Freeman Crew
    • The Procurement of Slaves
    • Condemnations to the Oar
    • Life Aboard
    • Life Ashore
    • Releases and Escapes
    • The Transition to Prisons --
    ISBN
    • 0816606552
    • 9780816606559
    • 0196157013
    • 9780196157016
    SuDoc no.
    C 3.205/5:1
    LCCN
    72092334
    OCLC
    654452
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