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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bruijn, J. R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: St. John's, Newfoundland : International Maritime Economic History Association, 2011.
Colección:Research in maritime history ; no. 45.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
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