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Which book covers the Navigation Acts period?

The Command of the Ocean covers 1649-1815, with The Safeguard of the Sea covering the preceding period.

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Is there a good book on the history surrounding the Navigation Acts?

Short answer

The Command of the Ocean is the recommended volume for 1649-1815, preceded chronologically by The Safeguard of the Sea.

Notes

The Command of the Ocean is recommended for the naval history surrounding the Navigation Acts. Its coverage runs from 1649 to 1815. The companion volume The Safeguard of the Sea covers the earlier period, placing the seventeenth-century changes within a longer naval history.