Gunpowder & galleys : changing technology & Mediterranean warfare at sea in the 16th century / John Francis Guilmartin, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guilmartin, John F., Jr. (John Francis), 1940-2016.

Contributor:

Guilmartin, John Francus.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naval art and science--History.

Naval art and science.

History.

Naval history.

Mediterranean Region--History, Naval.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

352 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Other Title:

Gunpowder and galleys : changing technology and Mediterranean warfare at sea in the sixteenth century

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, 2003.

Summary:

Lauded as one of the finest books in the field of naval history, this comprehensive account of sixteenth century galley warfare includes detailed descriptions of all major actions in the Mediterranean and around the Arabian peninsula. First published in 1974 and recently revised the work is packed with technological insights into the strategy and tactics of galley warfare between the Ottoman Empire and its Spanish and Portuguese opponents. Among the many facets author John Guilmartin discusses are how the strategic considerations in gallery warfare are substantially different from those in campaigns involving galleons or ships of the line, why the 1571 victory at Lepanto failed to have any-long term strategic consequences, and how the arquebus and musket proved more suitable for action aboard ship than the crossbow or Turkish composite bow. This updated edition also includes new research into the orders of battle and ballistics, gunnery, and cannon founding.

Contents:

Introduction

Jiddah, 1517

The Mahanians' fallacy

Prevesa, 1538

The Mediterranean system of warfare at sea: geographic origins and operational characteristics

William Towerson's fight off the Guinea coast, 1557

The Mediterranean system of naval warfare: physical, economic and social limitations

Djerba, 1560

The weapons of sixteenth-century warfare at sea

Malta, 1565

The galley

Lepanto, 1571

The decline of the Mediterranean system of warfare at sea: technological change, social and economic causes and effects

Appendix 1. The development and tactical employment of individual firearms in the sixteenth century

Appendix 2. The external and internal ballistics of sixteenth-century cannon

Appendix 3. The design and construction of bronze cannon in the sixteenth century

Appendix 4. Computation of the speed of sixteenth-century galleys under oars

Appendix 5. The oficiales, soldiers and oarsmen carried aboard sixteenth-century Spanish galleys

Appendix 6. The classification and arrangement of ordnance on sixteenth-century galleys.

Notes:

First published in 1974 by Cambridge University Press.

This rev. ed. first published in 2003 by Conway Maritime Press.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-342) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Related Work:

Guilmartin, John Francus. Gunpowder and galleys.

ISBN:

1591143470

OCLC:

54099996