How to Survive in the Georgian Navy: A Sailor's Guide Collection_Exhibition Gifts From Waldseemuller/ Schott's 1513 edition

From Waldseemuller/ Schott's 1513 edition of Ptolemy's Geographiae

as well as his very own 'Plimsoll Line'

Captain Charles Johnson's General History of Pirates was one of the best-selling books of 1724 when it was first published

pure wool jumpers like these have made it onto the silver screen in naval films like 'Above Us the Waves'

How to Survive in the Georgian Navy: A Sailor's Guide Collection_Exhibition Gifts From Waldseemuller/ Schott's 1513 editionRigidly organised and harshly disciplined, the Georgian Royal Navy was an orderly and efficient fighting force which played a major role in Great Britain's wars of the 18th and early 19th centuries. This book explores what it was like to be a sailor in the Georgian Navy focusing on the period from 1714 to 1820, this book examines the Navy within its wider historical, national, organisational and military context, and reveals exactly what it took to