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Six Galleons for the King of Spain : Imperial Defense in the Early Seventeenth Century / Carla Rahn Phillips.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Carla Rahn, 1943-
- Series:
- ACLS Humanities E-Book.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spain. Armada--History--17th century.
- Spain.
- Galleons--Spain--History--17th century.
- Galleons.
- America--History, Naval.
- America.
- Spain--History, Naval--17th century.
- Spain--Colonies--America--Defenses--History--17th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 318 p. ) ill. ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book was awarded the Spain and America in Quincentennial Year of Discovery prize.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Illustrations
- Tables
- Preface
- ONE Challenge and Response
- TWO Spanish Shipbuilding and the Contract of Martin de Arana
- THREE The Construction of Arana's Six Galleons
- FOUR Reckoning the Cost
- FIVE Preparations for the Indies Fleet of 1629
- SIX Officers and Men
- SEVEN Shipboard Life
- EIGHT The Struggle for the Indies, 1629-1635
- NINE The Struggle for Survival, 1635-1640
- Appendix A: Inventories of the Six Galleons Built by Martin de Arana
- Appendix B: Some Weights, Measures, and Coinage in Use in Seventeenth-Century Spain
- Appendix C: Tables
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 293-308.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781421441191
- 9780801830921
- OCLC:
- 1188992325
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb00427 hdl
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