The terror of the seas? : Scottish maritime warfare 1513-1713 /

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This important new book provides the first detailed and clear analysis of the Scots involvement in naval warfare during the early modern period. The lazy use by both contemporaries and some modern authors of the word piracy as a catch-all for all sorts of maritime activity obscures a complex picture...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Murdoch, Steve
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2010]
Series:History of warfare ; v. 58.
Subjects:
1500-1699
Naval art and science > Scotland > History > 16th century.
Naval art and science > Scotland > History > 17th century.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
Naval art and science
Scotland > History, Naval > 16th century.
Scotland > History, Naval > 17th century.
Europe > History, Military > 16th century.
Europe > History, Military > 17th century.
Écosse > Histoire navale > 16e siècle.
Écosse > Histoire navale > 17e siècle.
Europe > Histoire militaire > 16e siècle.
Europe > Histoire militaire > 17e siècle.
Europe
Scotland
History
Military history
Naval history
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Scottish maritime warfare, 1513-1560
  • Letters of reprisal
  • 'Peacetime' and piracy, 1560-1618
  • The 'marque fleets' of Scotland, 1618-1638
  • Scottish maritime warfare in the British civil wars, 1638-1660
  • The 'Scottish-Dutch' wars, 1665-1667 and 1672-1674
  • The Franco-Scottish wars, 1689-1687 and 1702-1713.

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