Format:
Online-Ressource (249 p.)
ISBN:
9780415214544
Series Statement:
Warfare and history
Content:
The first truly international study of warfare at sea in the period 1500-1650. Commencing with the advent of gunpowder and the transformation of maritime trade, it focuses on the scope and limitations of war before the big battle fleets
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Maps; Warfare at sea in European history; Technology, tactics and strategy; Seamen, soldiers and changing maritime societies; States, organisations and maritime wars; The Portuguese in maritime Asia, 1498 1600; The Mediterranean: the failure of empires; Maritime state formation and empire building in the Baltic; War in Western Europe until 1560; Atlantic warfare until 1603; The first global war at sea, 1600 1650; Conclusion; Appendix: major sailing navies and galley navies, 1500 1650; Notes; Select bibliography; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780203024560
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650 : Maritime Conflicts and the Transformation of Europe
Language:
English
Keywords:
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