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Author Glete, Jan, 1947-

Title Warfare at sea, 1500-1650 : maritime conflicts and the transformation of Europe / Jan Glete
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 231 pages) : 8 maps
Series Warfare and history
Warfare and history.
Contents Chapter 1 WARFARE AT SEA IN EUROPEAN HISTORY -- The transformation of warfare at sea -- chapter 2 TECHNOLOGY, TACTICS AND STRATEGY -- Technical development in organisations and networks -- chapter 3 SEAMEN, SOLDIERS AND CHANGING MARITIME SOCIETIES -- The sea -- a violent place of work -- chapter 4 STATES, ORGANISATIONS AND MARITIME WARS -- State formation and early modern navies -- chapter 5 THE PORTUGUESE IN MARITIME ASIA, 1498-1600 -- A small power in a great ocean -- chapter 6 The Mediterranean: the failure of empires -- The failure of empires Zonchio 1499: a decisive battle -- chapter 7 MARITIME STATE FORMATION AND EMPIRE BUILDING IN THE BALTIC -- From mercantile to monarchic sea power -- chapter 8 WAR IN WESTERN EUROPE UNTIL 1560 -- Opportunities for state formation and trade -- chapter 9 ATLANTIC WARFARE UNTIL 1603 -- Crisis and change in Western Europe -- chapter 10 THE FIRST GLOBAL WAR AT SEA, 1600-1650 -- Empires, embargoes and entrepôts -- chapter 11 CONCLUSION
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-220) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Naval history.
Naval art and science -- Europe -- History
HISTORY -- Military -- Naval.
Naval art and science
Naval history
GUERRA MARÍTIMA -- 1500-1650.
SUBJECT Europe -- History, Naval
Subject Europe
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Naval history
Form Electronic book
LC no. 00689213
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