Galleons and Galleys - Hardcover

John Francis Guilmartin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0304352632 ISBN 13: 9780304352630

Publisher: Cassell, 1899

Synopsis

The turn of the 16th century saw the start of a revolution in sea warfare--one long in the making but, once begun, remarkably swift. The driving force: gunpowder. The principal agents: galleys (long, low boats propelled principally by oars) and galleons (heavy, square rigged sailing ships). Suddenly, Europe, formerly on a technological par with India and China, dominated the waters. They crossed the Atlantic, reached America, and became world powers. A beautifully written account of the age conveys exactly how a country like Portugal could establish outposts from South America to the Pacific, how Christian fleets wrested control of the Mediterranean from the Ottoman Empire, and why the "invincible" Spanish armada met with disaster in its attempt to invade England. A vivid page-turner.

About this title

From the Author:

John F. Guilmartin resides in Columbus, Ohio, where he is a member of the History faculty at Ohio State University. An internationally respected authority on military and maritime history, his research is primarily on the 16th and 17th century.

About the Author:

Professor Guilmartin is an authority on military history, maritime history, and the history of technology. He is an early modern europeanist whose research focuses primarily on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He also is interested in aerospace history and has written about the Vietnam War and the Gulf War.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cassell
• Publication date: 1899
• ISBN 10: 0304352632
• ISBN 13: 9780304352630
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224