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Dutch Navy of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

By: University of South Carolina Press

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Reference Books (South Carolina University Press)

Last Stocked on 11/4/2024

Product Info

Title
Dutch Navy of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Category
Author
Jaap Bruijn
Publish Year
1990
Pages
258
Dimensions
6.25x9.25x1"
NKG Part #
2148121227
Type
Hardcover

Description

Renowned for the master of its seventeenth-century painters, the Dutch golden age also witnessed a period of unprecedented Dutch anvil power. Before the British commanded the sea in the eighteenth century, the Netherlands established a sophisticated, well-provisioned navy unrivaled by its seventeenth-century contemporaries. Dutch historian Jaap Bruijn looks loosely at this often overlooked aspect of modern history to produce the first comprehensive survey of the Dutch navy published in English. Bruijn recounts the fleet's rise from obscurity to world dominance and its subsequent retreat to mediocrity in the span of two centuries.