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.
Temas:
United Provinces of the Netherlands. > Zeemacht > History.
Netherlands. > Koninklijke Marine > History.
Netherlands. > Koninklijke Marine
United Provinces of the Netherlands. > Zeemacht
Merchant marine > Netherlands > History.
Navies > Netherlands > History.
Marine service > Netherlands > History.
Marines de guerre > Pays-Bas > Histoire.
Services maritimes > Pays-Bas > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
Marine service
Merchant marine
Navies
Netherlands
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part one: The "old" navy, late 1500s-1652
  • Naval operations against Spain and the Dunkirk Privateers
  • The Boards of Admiralties at work
  • The slow birth of a naval officer's corps
  • Truly international crews
  • Part two: The "new" navy, 1652-1713
  • The 'old' navy out of date
  • John de Witt's new navy
  • An era of naval campaigns against England and France in the Baltic
  • Changes in the Naval Administration
  • De Ruyter and the other naval officers
  • Well-manned ships
  • Part three: a second-rate navy, 1714-1795
  • Convoys and the containment of the Barbary Corsairs
  • Favourities and innovation
  • Little work, but more education for the Naval Officer
  • Naval seaman, a poor man's job
  • Aftermater
  • In retrospect.

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