The story of the first modern naval arms race. This book charts the dramatic course of the European battle for maritime supremacy, from the first marriage of guns and ships in the mid-fifteenth-century to the grandiose national flagships two hundred years later that led to a new breed of battleship, the ship-of-the-line. It tells the tale of the ships themselves and the story of shipbuilding, politics, and technological innovation during a crucial period of world history
Data pubblicazione
01/08/2008