Great Britain - History, Naval - Early works to 1800

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Lives of the admirals , and other eminent British seamen. Containing their personal histories, and a detail of all their public services. Including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest Account of Time; and, clearly proving by a continued Series of Facts, our uninterrupted Claim to, and Enjoyment of the Dominion of our Seas. Interspersed With many curious Passages relating to our Discoveries, Plantations, and Commerce. The whole supported throughout by proper Authorities. By John Campbell, Esq; ..
Campbell, John, 1708-1775.Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]
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Millan's universal register , of court and city-offices. Containing Lists of Parliament, examined by the Test Rolls, &c. Scotch and Irish Peers. Births and Marriages of Princes. Court and City Offices. Army and Navy, &c. With many Additions not to be found in any other List, viz. General and Staff for Virginia, &c.
John MillanDate: [1755]
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The soveraignty of the British seas proved by records, history, and the municipal laws of this Kingdom. Written in the year 1633. By that Learned Knight Sir John Boroughs, Keepen of the Records in the Tower of London.
Borough, John, Sir, d. 1643.Date: M.DCC.XXXIX. [1739]
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An appeal to the publick; or, Burchett and Lediard compar'd being an impartial and just parallel, between Mr. Burchett's Compleat history of the most remarkable transactions at sea, &c. and Mr. Lediard's Naval history of England, ... By a lover of truth, and a friend to both these authors.
Lediard, Thomas, 1685-1743.Date: 1735