A short state of the progress of the French trade and navigation: Wherein is shewn, The great Foundation that France has laid, by dint of Commerce, to increase her maritime Strength to a Pitch equal, if not superior, to that of Great-Britain, unless some how checked by the Wisdom of His Majesty's Councils. Humbly Inscribed To His Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland. By Malachy Postlethwayt, Esq; Author of the Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce.
Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707?-1767. | Date: 1756