This first general survey of European naval and maritime history for theperiod from A.D. 300 to 1500 focuses on Western Europe, including the Baltic, NorthSea,

Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650 is the first truly international study of warfare at sea in this period. Commencing in the late fifteenth century with the introductio

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