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• Family and Daily Life:
  Time Period | Occupations | Marriage and the Family | Clothing in the 18th Century and Later | Currency | English (British) Royalty | 18th Century Medicine
  
  
  
• Militaries and Combat:
  Dueling | Swords, Sword Parts, and Techniques
  
  Military/Historical Q&A Thread -- Where you may ask a question if you have one.
  
  
  
• Piracy:
  History of Piracy in the Caribbean | Pirate Ships | Pirate Utopias | Pirate Code of the Brethren | Piracy in the Caribbean | Famous Pirates | Parley/Parlay/Parlez
  
  
  
• East India Company, Trade, and Merchants:
  East India Company | Merchant Ships
  
  
  
• AG and the Supernatural:
  Sirens
  

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This is not supposed to be a list covering every tiny bit of naval history; I'm not a historian, I'm a writer. But I thought it would be helpful if a fellow writer sitting over a story and wondering "what was the job of a ship's surgeon?", "what was the punishment for theft?", "what did the uniform of a lieutenant in 1769 look like?" or "what was the price of bread in 1790 compared to the wages?" wouldn't have to spend hours trawling the net, but could find that information by simply clicking on one handy link.

This list is neither complete (nor will it never be) nor does it cover every single aspect concerning the Age of Sail or the daily life in 18th century Britain. But it will hopefully give you a little help with your writing. And that aside, it's just fun surfing the past.

I'm aware that the list is very much "Britain focussed". No disrespect to other seafaring nations, but I limited my research to the facts that I use in my own stories. That's also why there is only very limited information on pirates. As I'm a slasher, there are quite a few links regarding homosexuality etc. I hope the list still might come in handy. I've been a bit of an egoist here.