History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce (Paperback)

1. Dom John of Portugal prosecutes his researches for India; 2. Progress of maritime discovery - Henry VII; 3. Henry VIII resolves to establish a permanent Royal Navy; 4. Certainty of war with Spain; 5. English Navigation Laws; 6. English voyages of discovery 1690?1779; 7. Great Britain, AD 1792, war with France, 1793; 8. Mr Fox tries to make peace with France, 1806; 9. Effect of the Orders in Council on American trade, AD 1810; 10. United States of America; 11. A special mission sent to England; 12. Earliest formation of wet docks and bonded warehouses; 13. East India Company; 14. Progress of shipping; Appendices; Index.