Fox Posted January 4, 2006 Posted January 4, 2006 I was just reading an old book today (Ships and Ways of Other Days, by E. Keeble Chatterton RNVR). A great book, but infuriatingly with very few sources quoted, and a million interesting throwaway comments with no elaboration. One of them was "The idea of a naval uniform originated in France in the year 1669" (p.230). French naval uniforms in the GAoP? A search on the net revealed a few pictures, all modern(ish). French Marine Artillery, 1715 French Matelot (seaman), 17th century Late 17thC French grenadier-seaman (?) French naval officer 1697-1703 Another 17thC seaman (obviously based on the other one, or vice-versa) Does anyone else know anything about GAoP era French naval uniforms? Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
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