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Maritime
Pirates and the Scots
Start :
13 Apr 2010
End :
13 Apr 2010
Type:
Lecture Dollar, Stirlingshire.
April 2010
Dollar History Society
Digging Up Your Roots
Start :
18 Jan 2009 12:00
End :
18 Jan 2009 13:00
Type:
Radio BBC Radio Scotland
Eric will be discussing The Worcester incident of 1705.
The Scots at Sea
Start :
25 Jun 2004
Type:
TV BBC Scotland
With 18,500 kilometres of coastline, and the sea lochs and firths cutting deep into the land, no Scot lives further than 45 miles from a tidal shore. Making a living from the sea, seafaring adventures, emigration, shipbuilding, foreign trade (legal and illegal) and tourism have played their part in shaping the history of the Scottish people.
Pirates and Slavers from the Records of the High Court of Admiralty of Scotland 1690-1730
Start :
25 Jun 2008 13:30
End :
25 Jun 2008 15:00
Type:
Conference Old Royal Naval College, University of Greenwich.
5th International Congress of Maritime History
The Records of the High Court of Admiralty of Scotland 1627-1750
The Records of the High Court of Admiralty of Scotland 1627-1750
A catalogue of the 3,700 cases heard by this court with synopsis of the case, its pursers and defenders. Offers a unique insight in Scots dealings at home and abroad - including slaving, piracy, privateers and transatlantic ventures.
The Early Transatlantic Trade of Ayr 1640-1730
(with Tom Barclay)
Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Society, Monograph 30, 2005. Paperback, illustrated, 102 pages.
This account describes in detail the families, vessels, cargoes, and destinations involved in Ayr's early transatlantic trade, set against a background of upheaval: the Civil War, the Restoration of Charles II, the Wars of the Three Kingdoms that ended the reign of James VII (or II), and the Union of the Parliaments of England and Scotland in 1707.
The Shipping Trade of Ayrshire 1689-1791
Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Society, Monograph 8, September 1993, 48 pages.
The first regional study of its kind, it covers all aspects of maritime activity along this coast – from lighthouses to harbours and transatlantic traders to smugglers.
The Shipping Trade of Ayrshire 1689-1791 is out of print but may be available from Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Society.
A Maritime History of Scotland 1650-1790
Tuckwell Press Ltd, November 2002. Hardback, illustrated, 368 pages.
This text traces the development of the Scottish marine and its institutions during the highly turbulent and formative period 1650-1790, when state intervention and warefare at sea in the pursuit of mercantilist goals largely determined, intentionally and otherwise, the course of events.
