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British sea power : [how Britain became sovereign of the seas] /

From the transatlantic adventures attributed to Ireland's St. Brendan in the fifth century to Britain's unparalleled supremacy on the seas in the twentieth, this illustrated history traces the evolution of the naval fleets, admiralty, and merchantmen that for centuries defined the world�...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howarth, David Armine, 1912-1991 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Carroll and Graf Publishers, 2003.
Subjects:
Great Britain > History, Naval.
Sea-power > Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire navale.
Puissance maritime > Grande-Bretagne.
Sea-power.
Great Britain.
Naval history.
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Table of Contents:
  • The hermits of Ireland
  • The Anglo-Saxons
  • Chivalry and Crusaders
  • Ships, laws and navigation
  • Battles and pirates
  • The great ships of Agincourt
  • The search for Cathay
  • The North-West passage
  • John Hawkins and the slave trade
  • Tudor ships
  • The sport of baiting Spaniards
  • The world encompassed
  • Defeat of the Armada
  • Last voyages of the Elizabethans
  • East Indiamen
  • Pepys and the Stuart Navy
  • The Royal Society
  • Wars in the eighteenth century
  • The age of exploration
  • The age of Nelson
  • Pax Britannica I
  • Steam
  • Pax Britannica II
  • The climax of power.