Author: HOPPER, ANDREW.
Title: The World of John Secker 1716-95. Quaker Mariner.
Description: Norwich: Norfolk Record Society, 2011. 9780955635748. Norfolk Record Society Volume LXXV for 2011. "The son of a Quaker miller from North Walsham, Secker's global sea-faring life took him not only across maritime Europe and North America, but also to Arabia, India, the South Seas and Pacific Ocean. His travels encompass themes as diverse as religion, overseas cultures, migration, slavery, navigation, weather, living conditions at sea, commerce and cargoes,naval engagements, discipline and press-gangs, piracy, insurance fraud, foreign imprisonment and Jacobite exiles." Pp.x/194, 6 black & white plates + 9 figure illustrations, 1 map. Maroon cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Keywords: Hopper John Secker Quaker Mariner North Walsham Voyages Sparshalls Religion Culture Migration Slavery Commerce Cargoes Naval Engagements Press Gangs Piracy 49523 General Biography


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