Full Description
Charles Rathbone Low (1837-1918) was a lieutenant in the Indian Navy and author of popular books on military history and nautical exploration, including Soldiers of the Victorian Age and Maritime Discovery. This two-volume work, first published in 1877, comprehensively covers the history of the British Indian Navy, from its origins as the Bombay Marine to its abolition in 1863. It is an exceptionally detailed historical source, containing indexes of the ships and officers of the Indian Navy, and as such, it is a work of great importance to those interested in the history of the Indian Navy or the people that came into contact with it. Volume 1 begins with the early voyages of the East India Company's ships and includes a chapter on the relationship between the Bombay Marine and the Joasmi pirates. It concludes with the Bombay Marine becoming the Indian Navy in 1830.
Contents
Preface; List of subscribers; 1. 1600-22. Introduction; 2. 1623-98. Proposals regarding the occupation of Bombay; 3. 1699-1754. Contentions between the old and new companies; 4. 1754-9. Early career of Commodore James; 5. 1759-90. Loss of Gombroon; 6. 1772-95. Surveys by officers of the Bombay Marine; 7. 1793-1810. Gallant action of the 'Vigilant', Lieutenant Hayes, with Sanganian pirates; 8. 1811-16. Services of the Marine at the reduction of the island of Java and its dependencies; 9. 1811-20. Operations against the pirates of Kattywar and Cutch; 10. 1797-1820. The Joasmi pirates, their origin and early history; 11. 1820-4. Loss of the Ariel; 12. 1804-28. Proposed survey of the Red Sea; 13. The Burmese War, 1824-6; 14. 1826-30. Changes in the condition of the Bombay Marines; Appendix.
