CDR Ryan Mewett, PhD takes a short break from schooling Midshipmen to teach us about the Royal Navy's role in Carribean contraband trade. Ryan is a Permanent Military Professor at the US Naval Academy specializing in the history of early modern Britain and the British Atlantic. This episode was edited and produced by Johann Porisch.
Links
1. “It is ticklish meddling with the navy”: The British navy and Caribbean contraband trade, c. 1713–1750, by Ryan Mewett, International Journal of Maritime History, December 10, 2023.