{"product_id":"sea-dogs-james-seay-dean-9781803991818","title":"Sea Dogs: Life Aboard an English Galleon","description":"\u003cb\u003e'James Seay Dean is the noted authority on these voyages ... he provides a sympathetic treatment of life aboard ship in some of the most challenging circumstances these redoubtable sailors faced \"beyond the line\".'\u003c\/b\u003e - Professor Barry Gough, maritime historian \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fascinating and informative account of the development of Tudor and Stuart sailing ships. Its examination of their architecture, sailing, and tactics, especially as it is set within the international political context, makes a most interesting story.'\u003c\/b\u003e - Bryan Barrett, Commander RN, ret. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom jacktar to captain, what was life like aboard an Elizabethan ship?\u003c\/b\u003e How did the men survive tropical heat, storms, bad water, rotten food, disease, poor navigation, shifting cargoes and enemy fire? Would a sailor return alive? \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSea Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e follows in the footsteps of the average sailor, drawing from the accounts of sixteenth-century and early seventeenth-century ocean voyages to convey the realities of everyday life aboard the galleons sailing between England and the West Indies and beyond. Celebrating the extraordinary drive and courage of those early sailors who left the familiarity of their English estuaries for the dangers of the Cabo Verde and the Caribbean, the Rivers Amazonas and Orinoco, and the Strait of Magellan, and their remarkable achievements, \u003ci\u003eSea Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone with an interest in English maritime heritage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Seay Dean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 180399181X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803991818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"James Seay Dean","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519422902527,"sku":"9781803991818","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8349163-4ecb-4d23-b4c1-d815659919dc.jpg?v=1778737466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sea-dogs-james-seay-dean-9781803991818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}