Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of the Western Mind
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Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of the Western Mind by Peter Padfield
In the wars of modern history, maritime powers have always prevailed over land-based empires, whether Habsburg, Napoleonic, Nazi or Soviet. This work charts the growth of linked strengths - fighting, trading, financial and constitutional - that made them so formidable.
Peter Padfield made his name with works on the naval gunnery and warships: Guns at Sea, The Battleship Era, Armada and War Beneath the Sea. He is also a practical sailor. He trained as a cadet in HMS Worcester and sailed with the replica seventeenth-century bark Mayflower II to Massachusetts.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719556555 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719556554 |
| Title | Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of the Western Mind |
| Author | Peter Padfield |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 1999-04-29 |
| Number of pages | 351 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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