Cornish Seafarers - The Smuggling, Wrecking and Fishing Life of Cornwall

Cornish Seafarers - The Smuggling, Wrecking and Fishing Life of Cornwall
Author: A. K. Hamilton Jenkin
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1473356989

This fascinating book contains a detailed account of the seafaring lifestyle intrinsic to Cornish culture, covering a wide range of topics from smuggling and wrecking to fishing and general boating. A delightful book sure to appeal to anyone with a keen interest in Cornish culture, Cornish Seafarers is a must-have addition to collections of antiquarian nautical literature and well deserves a place atop any bookshelf. Alfred Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin (29 October 1900 - 20 August 1980) was best known as a historian, who had a keen interest in Cornish mining and published the classic text The Cornish Miner (1927). This rare text has been elected for modern republication due to its historical value, and is proudly republished here with a new introduction to the subject.

Cornish Wrecking, 1700-1860

Cornish Wrecking, 1700-1860
Author: Cathryn J. Pearce
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 184383555X

Discusses the complex laws and practices relating to wreck law, that is the right to salvage goods washed up on the shore, examines how Cornish people made use of this "harvest of the sea" and explores how myths about Cornish wrecking have developed.

The Cornish Fishing Industry

The Cornish Fishing Industry
Author: John McWilliams
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2014-05-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 144563824X

Mining and Fishing have been the staple industries of Cornwall for two millennia. John McWilliams looks at the rise and decline of Cornish fishing in this new history.