Jan Glete

Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650

Maritime Conflicts and the Transformation of Europe

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 153mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780415214544
• ISBN-10: 0415214548
• Artikelnr.: 22302673

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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