Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650
Maritime Conflicts and the Transformation of Europe
Series: Warfare and History;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 4 November 1999
- ISBN 9780415214551
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages248 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 460 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 6 Line drawings, black & white 0
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Short description:
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.
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Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650 is the first truly international study of warfare at sea in this period. Commencing in the late fifteenth century with the introduction of gunpowder in naval warfare and the rapid transformation of maritime trade, Warfare at Sea focuses on the scope and limitations of war before the advent of the big battle fleets from the middle of the seventeenth century.
The book also compares the social history of seamen and the early officer corps in several European countries and includes discussion on Spain, Portugal, France, Venice, the Ottoman Empire and the Baltic states.
Table of Contents:
Preface, Maps, 1. Warfare at sea in European history, 2. Technology, tactics and strategy, 3. Seamen, soldiers and changing maritime societies, 4. States, organisations and maritime wars, 5. The Portuguese in maritime Asia, 1498–1600, 6. The Mediterranean: the failure of empires, 7. Maritime state formation and empire building in the Baltic, 8. War in Western Europe until 1560, 9. Atlantic warfare until 1603, 10. The first global war at sea, 1600–1650, 11. Conclusion, Appendix: major sailing navies and galley navies, 1500–1650, Notes, Select bibliography, Index
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