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Tudor Sea Power
David Childs
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Description for Tudor Sea Power
Hardcover. The emergence of England's sea power during the Tudor age turned an insignificant part of an offshore island into a nation both respected and feared throughout Europe. This book explores the development of England's navy, which would firstly control her coasts and those of her rivals, and then threaten their global trade. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 colour & b/w Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 253 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1580.
In the sixteenth century England turned from being an insignifcant part of an offshore island into a nation respected and feared in Europe. This was not achieved through empire building, conquest, large armies, treaties, marriage alliances, trade or any of the other traditional means of exercising power. Indeed England was successful in few of these. Instead she based her power and eventual supremacy on the creation of a standing professional navy which firstly would control her coasts and those of her rivals, and then threaten their trade around the world. This emergence of a sea-power brought ... Read more
In the sixteenth century England turned from being an insignifcant part of an offshore island into a nation respected and feared in Europe. This was not achieved through empire building, conquest, large armies, treaties, marriage alliances, trade or any of the other traditional means of exercising power. Indeed England was successful in few of these. Instead she based her power and eventual supremacy on the creation of a standing professional navy which firstly would control her coasts and those of her rivals, and then threaten their trade around the world. This emergence of a sea-power brought ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848320314
SKU
V9781848320314
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
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