Welcome to the home page of Helen Doe, maritime historian, author and lecturer.
Maritime History Research
Here you will find some examples of information found during research for various projects. It mainly covers the days of sail in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in England with an emphasis on the South West.
Themes include
Smuggling in Cornwall
Women shipbuilders and shipowners
Navy career politics in the Napoleonic war
Pirates of Fowey
Books and articles including:
An Introduction to Cornish Maritime History
Jane Slade of Polruan: The Inspiration for Daphne du Maurier’s First Novel
Talks
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