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Smuggling in Cornwall: An Illustrated History

by Jeremy Rowett Johns
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781445651682
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Amberley Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Amberley Publishing
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 96
  • Original Price: GBP 15.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 295 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, and Military / Naval

Smuggling in Cornwall: An Illustrated History tells the story of the smuggling trade that flourished in Cornwall during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Drawing on extant source material, it examines how the trade was organised and financed with particular reference to the fishing village of Polperro on the south coast of Cornwall, where it was masterminded by Zephaniah Job, known as the 'Smugglers' Banker'. Cornwall's extensive coastline and isolated location made it possible for large quantities of rum, brandy, gin, tea and tobacco to be shipped across from Guernsey and brought ashore in secluded coves. Repeated attempts by Revenue officers to seize contraband goods were invariably thwarted; even when a smuggler was caught red-handed, it was rare for a Cornish jury to convict him. But in 1798, the murder of a Customs officer by one of the crew of a smuggling vessel named the Lottery led to the establishment of the coastguard service and the eventual decline of the smuggling trade. Here, in this illustrated and well-researched book, Jeremy Rowett Johns explores this fascinating area of Cornish maritime history.

Johns, Jeremy: - Jeremy Rowett Johns is the author of Polperro s Smuggling Story and The Smugglers Banker. A regular broadcaster and writer on smuggling in Cornwall, he is also a direct descendant of some of the Polperro families who once engaged in the illicit trade.

Rowett Johns, Jeremy: - Jeremy Rowett Johns is the author of Polperro's Smuggling Story and The Smugglers' Banker. A regular broadcaster and writer on smuggling in Cornwall, he is also a direct descendant of some of the Polperro families who once engaged in the illicit trade.

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