A Thorough Seaman The Ships' Logs of Horatio Nelson's Early Voyages Imaginatively Explored

Horatio Nelson is one of Britain's great heroes and his later life is well documented. Pauline Hunter Blair offers us a rare chance to explore his early years -through research and reconstruction. Before Horatio Nelson was 18, he had sailed towards all points of the compass: as captain's servant, coxswain of the captain's gig, able-bodied, foretop man, and midshipman.