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The Anglo-Dutch naval wars 1652-1674 / Roger Hainsworth and Christine Churches.
LIBRA DJ152 .H35 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hainsworth, D. R. (David Roger)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anglo-Dutch War, 1652-1654.
- Anglo-Dutch War, 1664-1667.
- Dutch War, 1672-1678.
- Naval history.
- Great Britain--History, Naval--17th century.
- Great Britain.
- Netherlands--History, Naval--17th century.
- Netherlands.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton Pub., 1998.
- Summary:
- During the course of the seventeenth century, England and the Netherlands three times found themselves at war in the North Sea. In this study of the wars, Roger Hainsworth and Christine Churches take us through the background, causes and the course of the wars, illuminating all the battles and the political goings-on that lay behind them. The tactics of battle and the famous naval heroics of such men as Robert Blake, Cornelis Tromp and Michiel de Ruyter are all explored in absorbing detail. This fascinating book will be of interest to anyone wishing to learn more about naval history, the seventeenth century or the history of warfare generally.
- Contents:
- Book 1 The First Dutch War
- 1 First Blood 3
- 2 The Rival Republics 7
- 3 First Campaigns: From the Shetlands to the Casquets 23
- 4 From Triumph to Defeat 35
- 5 Portland 57
- 6 The Last Battles 71
- 7 The Peacemakers 89
- Book 2 The Later Wars
- 8 The Uneasy Peace 97
- 9 A New War: Lowestoft 103
- 10 The Four-Day Fight 129
- 11 From Success to Humiliation 149
- 12 A Conspiracy of Princes 169.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-205) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0750917873
- OCLC:
- 40092758
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