Sovereigns of the Sea: The Quest to Build the Perfect Renaissance Battleship
Author:   Angus Konstam
Publisher:   Turner Publishing Company
ISBN:  

9780470116678


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   21 August 2008
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Angus Konstam
Publisher:   Turner Publishing Company
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.624kg
ISBN:  

9780470116678


ISBN 10:   0470116676
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   21 August 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

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.

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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.

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