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Navies and the American Revolution 1775-1783 / edited by Robert Gardiner.
LIBRA E271 .N38 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Chatham pictorial histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Netherlands. Koninklijke Marine.
- Spain. Armada.
- France. Marine.
- Great Britain. Royal Navy.
- History.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations.
- United States.
- Sea control.
- United States. Navy--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- United States. Navy.
- Great Britain--History, Naval--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- Naval history.
- Great Britain. Royal Navy--History--18th century.
- France. Marine--History--18th century.
- France.
- Spain. Armada--History--18th century.
- Spain.
- Netherlands. Koninklijke Marine--History--18th century.
- Netherlands.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press : In association with the National Maritime Museum, 1996.
- Summary:
- The crucial contribution of seapower to the struggle for American independence forms the theme for this volume, drawing on published prints, maps and illustrated journals of the time to achieve a remarkable impression of the maritime aspects of the war, in all its variety and drama. But besides the campaigns, battles and sieges, the book also illustrates many significant background aspects of the war, in the form of thematic inserts on such subjects as the ship types, the weapons and the organisation involved. The result is not just a visually exciting collection of contemporary images, many previously unpublished, but a valuable contribution to the understanding of how the American Revolution was seen at the time.
- Notes:
- Artists, printmakers and their techniques (p. 188-190).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index.
- Published in Great Britain by Chatham Publishing, 1996.
- "Chatham pictorial histories series"--Dust cover.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 155750623X
- OCLC:
- 36645029
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