ARMADA.
by HART-DAVIS**,DUFF:
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE./FINE.
- ISBN 10
- 0593012313
- ISBN 13
- 9780593012314
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.8vo,256pp includes sources,an index and profusely illustrated with b/w line drawings plans,maps and colour photographs,colour map endpapers. 1988 is the 400th anniversary of one of the most momentous events in the history of both England and Europe.Philip II of Spain, determined to bring the England of Elizabeth I into his Catholic empire,sent north one of the largest fleets ever assembled,and mustered a huge army of invasion in the Low Countries. Astrologers had predicted that the year 1588 would bring a world-shattering catastrophe,and the whole of Europe waited to see the outcome of what looked like being an unequal struggle.A few weeks later,after a running battle up the English Channel,the mighty Armada was scattered,thousands of Spanish seamen and soldiers were dead,and the independence of Protestant England was secured.Produced with the co-operation of the National Maritime Museum,HART-DAVIS describes the background to Spain's threat and England's triumph,the leading figures on both sides,the ships,weapons and tactics,before giving a graphic,hour-by-hour account of the battle itself. In the tragic aftermath hundreds of English sailors died of disease,and ship-wrecked Spaniards were murdered by the thousand on the coast of Ireland. Exploding the popular myths that have grown up around this historic naval battle,the author combines original documents with modern research to show where the secret of victory lay:in the fact that while Spain clung to outmoded methods of combat,England, under Howard and Drake,used her race-built galleons to deadly effect in an entirely new concept of war at sea. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
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- Title
- ARMADA.
- Author
- HART-DAVIS**,DUFF:
- Illustrator
- illus with b/w line drawings plans,maps and colour photographs.
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- FINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0593012313
- ISBN 13
- 9780593012314
- Publisher
- LONDON.BANTAM PRESS,1988.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1988
- Keywords
- q52.NAUTICAL.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0593012313.Tudor_Elizabethan navy_naval power_tactics.Queen Elizabeth I_Drake_ Howard.Philip II_Spain_Spanish Armada_ preparation_of guns_strength_ships.Armada shipwrecks.Cadiz_Calais_Corunna_Lisbon. Sir Martin Fr
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