Trafalgar and the Spanish Navy: The Spanish Experience of Sea Power

Trafalgar and the Spanish Navy: The Spanish Experience of Sea Power image
ISBN-10:

0870216953

ISBN-13:

9780870216954

Author(s): Harbron, John D.
Edition: First Edition
Released: May 15, 2004
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
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Description:

Back by popular demand, this dramatic appraisal of the Spanish Navy and its defeat by the British at Trafalgar in 1805 disproves many long-held beliefs about the competence of the Spanish fleet. The author examines the factors that shaped the development of the Spanish Navy in the eighteenth century and maintains that the well-built ships and skilled forces were nowhere near as ineffective as they are usually represented. The book includes specifics of Spanish warship design and construction and is illustrated with beautiful contemporary plans, engravings, and photographs of ship models, some in full color.












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