The naval side of British history / by Geoffrey Callender
1925, Reprint. London: Christophers. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and edge nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #381649
Physical description: 305 pages frontispiece with tissue guard, plates, portraits, maps 22 cm. Notes: Map on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: New maps for old -- The genesis of British sea-power -- The first British battleships -- Hawkins and Drake -- The great Armada -- The decline and fall of British sea-power -- Blake -- The Royal Navy -- The Rhine delta -- The naval base -- More scapegoats -- The expansion of England -- The new way and the old -- The French Revolution -- Napoleon versus sea-power -- The freedom of the seas -- The coming of the ironclads -- The world war -- Surface and submerged blockage. Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy History. Great Britain. Royal Navy. Sea-power Great Britain History. Naval History. Great Britain History, Naval. Grande-Bretagne Histoire navale. Great Britain. Great Britain History, Naval. Great Britain History, Naval. Great Britain. Great Britain. Great Britain History, Naval. Royal Nav.
Price: €35.00