Sovereigns Of The Sea: The Quest To Build The Perfect Renaissance Battleship海洋霸主号:建造完美的复兴时期战舰探寻
分類: 图书,进口原版书,科学与技术 Science & Techology ,
作者: Angus Konstam 著
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出版时间: 2008-8-1字数:版次: 1页数: 338印刷时间: 2008/08/01开本: 16开印次: 1纸张: 胶版纸I S B N : 9780470116678包装: 精装编辑推荐
作者简介:Angus Konstam is a widely published authorwho has written several books on piracy,including Blackbeard: America's Most NotoriousPirate, The History of Pirates, and Piracy: The Complete History. A former naval officer and museum professional, he worked as a curator of weapons in the Tower of London and as the chief curator in the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida, before becoming a full-time historian and writer. An expert on weapons, shipwrecks, and piracy, he has advised several underwater archaeological groups and appears regularly on both the Discovery and the History channels. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
内容简介
Savor the story of the ultimate warship in Sovereigns of the Sea: The Quest to Build the Perfect Renaissance Battleship, which chronicles the history of Sovereign of the Seas, an immensely powerful floating fortress. You will enjoy this gripping tale of an arms race that created and ruined empires, changed the map of the world, and led Europe out of the Renaissance and into the Modern age. Understand how the Sovereign of the Seas became the model for a whole new generation of warships that would dominate naval warfare until the advent of steam power.
目录
Atlas
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Quest
Chapter 1: Europe Comes of Age
Chapter 2: Knights of the Sea
Chapter 3: The Shipbuilding Revolution
Chapter 4: The Great Rivals
Chapter 5: The Black Art of Gunfounding
Chapter 6: The Baltic Connection
Chapter 7: From Carrack to Galleon
Chapter 8: The Invincible Armada
Chapter 9: Phoenix from the Ashes
Chapter 10: Prestige over Practicality
Chapter 11: Towards the Holy Grail
Chapter 12: The Sovereign of the Seas
Postscript: The Ship of the Line
Notes
Bibliography
Credits
Index