Maritime

A Maritime History of Scotland 1650-1790

Tuckwell Press Ltd, November 2002. Hardback, illustrated, 368 pages.

Cover of book:A Maritime History of Scotland 1650-1790 by Eric Graham

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.

Seawolves: Pirates & the Scots

Birlinn Press (July 2005). Hardback & Paperback, illustrated, 223 pages.

Image of book: Seawolves by Eric Graham

During the turn of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, many Scots sought their fortune on the high seas. Some became well-respected pirate hunters, others suffered terribly at the hands of pirates - many of whom were once their kinsmen.

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