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Websites
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Channel 4 Time Traveller's Guide to Stuart England
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/
guide17/index.html
Excellent guide to the 17th century with information on Cromwell and the English Civil War.
Duart Castle
www.duartcastle.com
This 13th century Scottish castle is open to the public from May to October. The wreck of the Swan is just three miles off the Sound of Mull, right by Duart Castle.
The Lochaline Dive Centre
www.lochalinedivecentre.co.uk
The wrecks of two protected 17th century warships in the Sound of Mull, the Swan and the Dartmouth, may be visited by divers by arrangement with the Lochaline Diving Centre.
National Maritime Museum
www.nmm.ac.uk
Opened in 1937, the museum has the most important holdings in the world on the history of Britain at sea and the world's largest maritime historical reference library including books dating back to the 15th century.
Public Record Office
www.pro.gov.uk
National archive of the UK which brings together and preserves the records of central government and the courts of law, and makes them available to the public. The records span an unbroken period from the 11th century to the present day.
Scot Wars
www.scotwars.com/Menus/17thcent_index.htm
Good chronology and history of 17th century Scotland with an historical account of Cromwellian Scotland.
The Swan
www.gillean.com/SIMS
Background information and a brief historical account of the Cromwellian ship, the Swan.
Vasa Museum, Sweden
www.vasamuseet.se/indexeng.html
Site of the great Swedish ship featured on the programme that sank in 1648 and was raised in 1961 and beautifully restored. The site has lots of images of the ship and its contents.
The Wreck of the Swan
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/academic/history/scothist/
staff/martin/swan.html
Since 1991 a team of underwater archaeologists from the School of History at St Andrews University have been investigating this wreck site on the west coast of Scotland. This page has a good bibliography.
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Books
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Cromwell: Our chief of men by Antonia Fraser (Phoenix, 2001)
A readable and detailed biography of one of England's most celebrated and controversial figures, often demonised as a puritanical zealot.
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King Charles I by Pauline Gregg (Phoenix Press, 2000)
This biography presents a sympathetic portrait of the man who was at the heart of the struggles of the 17th century.
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Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson (Creation Books, 1999)
First published in 1726, this is a comprehensive history of the life and crimes of notorious 17th century pirates. It illuminates a turbulent and formative period of world history.
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Scotland's Historic Shipwrecks by Colin Martin (BT Batsford, 1998)
Describes six historic shipwrecks that took place off Scotland from the time of the Spanish Armada to the 18th century. The author tells of their rediscovery and the archaeological investigation on the sea floor. Each shipwreck is set in its wider historical context.
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