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The Dutch navy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries /
This book is a reprint of Jaap R. Bruijn's 1993 book, The Dutch Navy, which offers an English-language overview of the history of the Dutch Navy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is divided into three chronological periods: the 'old', 'new', and 'second-ra...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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St. John's, Newfoundland :
International Maritime Economic History Association,
2011.
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| Colección: | Research in maritime history ;
no. 45. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book is a reprint of Jaap R. Bruijn's 1993 book, The Dutch Navy, which offers an English-language overview of the history of the Dutch Navy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is divided into three chronological periods: the 'old', 'new', and 'second-rate' navy. Rather than presenting a history of naval conflict, this volume approaches Dutch naval history from the following four angles: operations, administration, officer duties, and sailor duties. It consists of a series foreword, a new introduction detailing recent developments in naval historiography, the original introduction providing a history of Dutch maritime history from the middle ages to the beginning of the seventeenth century, a conclusion, and a bibliography and index. It explores the astounding amount of naval power belonging to such a sparsely populated nation, plus the rapid rates of success and decline. It confirms that the Dutch navy - with its logic, innovation, and missteps alike - provides an excellent case study of both the development of European bureaucracy and armed forces in the Early Modern period. |
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| Notas: | Reprint of the 1993 ed. with a new introduction, which includes a discussion of scholarship on the topic since 1993. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781786948908 1786948907 1786944499 9781786944498 |