Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext
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.

Inhalt
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, 14981600, 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, 16001650, 11. Conclusion, Appendix: major sailing navies and galley navies, 15001650, Notes, Select bibliography, Index

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