Maritime supremacy & the opening of the western mind : naval campaigns that shaped the modern world, 1588-1782 /
Padfield, Peter.
Maritime supremacy & the opening of the western mind : naval campaigns that shaped the modern world, 1588-1782 / Maritime supremacy and the opening of the western mind Peter Padfield. - London : John Murray, 1999. - viii, 340 p, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ill, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index.
Introduction. p. 1. Prehistory of Modern Maritime Power. 1. p. 7. Spanish Armada, 1588. 2. p. 20. Downs, 1639. 3. p. 57. Dutch Golden Age. 4. p. 68. Sole Bay, 1672. 5. p. 87. 'Glorious Revolution', and Beachy Head, 1690. 6. p. 119. Barfleur/La Hougue, 1692. 7. p. 141. Malaga, 1704. 8. p. 157. Rule, Britannia. 9. p. 170. Finisterre, 1747. 10. p. 188. Quiberon Bay, 1759. 11. p. 197. American Revolution. 12. p. 216. War of American Independence and Chesapeake Bay, 1781. 13. p. 238. Saints, 1782, and the Founding of the United States of America. 14. p. 271. Glossary of Nautical Terms. p. 289. Select Bibliography. p. 321. Index. p. 330.
"In the great wars of modern history maritime powers have always prevailed over land-based empires, whether Habsburg, Napoleonic, Nazi or Soviet. This book charts the growth of linked strengths - sea-fighting, trading, financial and constitutional - which made them so formidable. It also reveals the way in which supremacy at sea freed thought and society itself." "Changes in society, politics, trade - including the slave trade - and in naval capability are interwoven with descriptions of the great sea battles by which world power was won."--Jacket.
0719556554
GB99Z9579 bnb
Geschichte 1550-1600
Geschichte 1588-1782
Geschichte 1600-1700
Naval history, Modern.
Naval battles--History.
Great powers.
Great powers.
Naval battles.
Naval history, Modern.
Naval history, Modern.
History.
D215 / .P13
Maritime supremacy & the opening of the western mind : naval campaigns that shaped the modern world, 1588-1782 / Maritime supremacy and the opening of the western mind Peter Padfield. - London : John Murray, 1999. - viii, 340 p, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ill, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index.
Introduction. p. 1. Prehistory of Modern Maritime Power. 1. p. 7. Spanish Armada, 1588. 2. p. 20. Downs, 1639. 3. p. 57. Dutch Golden Age. 4. p. 68. Sole Bay, 1672. 5. p. 87. 'Glorious Revolution', and Beachy Head, 1690. 6. p. 119. Barfleur/La Hougue, 1692. 7. p. 141. Malaga, 1704. 8. p. 157. Rule, Britannia. 9. p. 170. Finisterre, 1747. 10. p. 188. Quiberon Bay, 1759. 11. p. 197. American Revolution. 12. p. 216. War of American Independence and Chesapeake Bay, 1781. 13. p. 238. Saints, 1782, and the Founding of the United States of America. 14. p. 271. Glossary of Nautical Terms. p. 289. Select Bibliography. p. 321. Index. p. 330.
"In the great wars of modern history maritime powers have always prevailed over land-based empires, whether Habsburg, Napoleonic, Nazi or Soviet. This book charts the growth of linked strengths - sea-fighting, trading, financial and constitutional - which made them so formidable. It also reveals the way in which supremacy at sea freed thought and society itself." "Changes in society, politics, trade - including the slave trade - and in naval capability are interwoven with descriptions of the great sea battles by which world power was won."--Jacket.
0719556554
GB99Z9579 bnb
Geschichte 1550-1600
Geschichte 1588-1782
Geschichte 1600-1700
Naval history, Modern.
Naval battles--History.
Great powers.
Great powers.
Naval battles.
Naval history, Modern.
Naval history, Modern.
History.
D215 / .P13