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.
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.
Jan Glete is Lecturer in History at Stockholm University in Sweden, and his books include Navies and Nations: Warships, navies and state building in Europe and America, 1500-1860.
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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
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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