The Bombay Country Ships 1790-1833

Anne Bulley

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Routledge
07 July 2000

Maritime history; Maritime & nautical trades

This study of the Bombay Country ships concentrates on the period 1790-1833 but with special emphasis on the years at the beginning of the nineteenth century when the Bombay merchant fleet was at its zenith. It gives a general picture of the ships and their trade and the men who owned or sailed in them. This private enterprise was made possible by partnership, in the broadest sense, of native British, who had made their careers in India, and native Indians, who had inherited a maritime tradition stretching back to times before the English East India Company had reached India. The picture is built up from a mass of details and references unearthed in the Company's records as well as other sources and books and includes contemporary experiences of sailing in these ships.

By: Anne Bulley
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: annotated edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 920g
ISBN: 9780700712366
ISBN 10: 0700712364
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 07 July 2000
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Primary , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shipping; East India company control; the Bombay maritime country trade; the country ship owners; the mariners; the country ships - the decline in European commitment.

Anne Bulley

Reviews for The Bombay Country Ships 1790-1833

'Ms Bulley is a model researcher. She overlooks no relevant facts, and she presents what she has found with admirable clarity.' - Royal Society for Asian Affairs 'This scholarly work will be welcome by economic and social historians of the sub-Continent; archaeologists and historians of technology will also find it useful since there is virtually no excavated evidence for ships (European or indigenous) or their cargo in Indian waters.' - Nautical Archaeology