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.