TY  - BOOK
AU  - Padfield,Peter
TI  - Maritime supremacy & the opening of the western mind: naval campaigns that shaped the modern world, 1588-1782 
SN  - 0719556554
AV  - D215 .P13
PY  - 1999///
CY  - London
PB  - John Murray
KW  - Naval history, Modern
KW  - Naval battles
KW  - History
KW  - Great powers
KW  - fast
KW  - nli
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index; Introduction; p. 1; 1; Prehistory of Modern Maritime Power; p. 7; 2; Spanish Armada, 1588; p. 20; 3; Downs, 1639; p. 57; 4; Dutch Golden Age; p. 68; 5; Sole Bay, 1672; p. 87; 6; 'Glorious Revolution', and Beachy Head, 1690; p. 119; 7; Barfleur/La Hougue, 1692; p. 141; 8; Malaga, 1704; p. 157; 9; Rule, Britannia; p. 170; 10; Finisterre, 1747; p. 188; 11; Quiberon Bay, 1759; p. 197; 12; American Revolution; p. 216; 13; War of American Independence and Chesapeake Bay, 1781; p. 238; 14; Saints, 1782, and the Founding of the United States of America; p. 271; Glossary of Nautical Terms; p. 289; Select Bibliography; p. 321; Index; p. 330
N2  - "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
ER  -