The First Fleets Colonial Navies of the British Atlantic World, 1630-1775 - Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology

Benjamin C. Schaffer

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The American Revolution is generally considered the birth of the American naval tradition, but in The First Fleets naval scholar Benjamin C. Schaffer shows that Anglo-American governments possessed economic and political capital to maintain offensive and defensive fleets generations before the American Revolution.

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ISBN:	9780817362065
Publisher:	The University of Alabama Press
Imprint:	The University of Alabama Press
Pub date:	30 Jun 2025
Language:	English
Number of pages:	232
Weight:	360g
Height:	154mm
Width:	230mm
Spine width:	29mm