The Naval History of Wales (eBook, ePUB) - Davies, J.D.
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Based on extensive research, The Naval History of Wales tells a compelling story that spans nearly 2,000 years, from the Romans to the present. Many Welsh men and women have served in the Royal Navy and the navies of other countries. Welshmen played major parts in voyages of exploration, in the navy's suppression of the slave trade, and in naval warfare from the Viking era to the Spanish Armada, in the American Civil War, both world wars and the Falklands War. Comprehensive, enlightening, and provocative, The Naval History of Wales also explodes many myths about Welsh history, naval historian…mehr

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Based on extensive research, The Naval History of Wales tells a compelling story that spans nearly 2,000 years, from the Romans to the present. Many Welsh men and women have served in the Royal Navy and the navies of other countries. Welshmen played major parts in voyages of exploration, in the navy's suppression of the slave trade, and in naval warfare from the Viking era to the Spanish Armada, in the American Civil War, both world wars and the Falklands War. Comprehensive, enlightening, and provocative, The Naval History of Wales also explodes many myths about Welsh history, naval historian J.D. Davies arguing that most Welshmen in the sailing navy were volunteers and that, relative to the size of national populations, proportionately more Welsh seamen than English fought at Trafalgar. Written in vivid detail, this volume is one that no maritime or Welsh historian can do without.

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Autorenporträt
J. D. Davies is a prize-winning author and one of the leading authorities on British naval history of the 17th century. His latest naval non-fiction book, Pepy's Navy, won the Samuel Pepys prize in 2009. He is Chairman of the Naval Dockyards Society, a Vice-President of the Navy Records Society, a member of the Council of the Society for Nautical Research, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author of the naval historical fiction series The Journals of Matthew Quinton.