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The Age of Sail, 1697-1814: The Brown Water Navies of North America

The Age of Sail, 1697-1814: The Brown Water Navies of North America

Laramie, Michael G.

Hardcover

Colonial Period (1600-1775)Naval History

Publisher Price: $39.95

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 8, 2026

ISBN10: 1594164630
ISBN13: 9781594164637
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Published: Oct 8 2026
Pages: 304
Language: English
During the American Civil War the term Brown Water Navy was coined to distinguish naval riverine and coastal duties from the activities of the Blue Water, or ocean-going fleet. A Brown Water Navy faced a much different set of challenges then the ocean-going fleet. Coastal and inland waterway operations were always prevalent in North America due to the unique geography of the continent. Lakes such as Erie, Ontario, and Champlain were deep enough and large enough that fleets of vessels could contest their waters, while bays, sounds, and the outlets of large navigable rivers abounded along the continent's east coast from Hudson Bay to New Orleans. The first volume in this two-volume story, The Age of Sail, 1697-1814, covers the many attempts to control these waterways before the advent of steam warships, including the first major clash above the magnetic North Pole in the Hudson Straits during King William's War, Charleston, South Carolina's, home-made anti-pirate fleet, the unusual flotilla launched during the Fourth Anglo-Wabanki War of 1722-1725, the campaigns and battles on Lake Champlain and Lake Ontario, Commodore Hazelwood's Delaware Defense Fleet of 1777, the epic Battle of the Virginia Capes in 1781, and the stirring American victories on the Great Lakes during the War of 1812. All along the technical and strategic advances are fully described.

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