Fighting ships of the Far East (2) : Japan and Korea AD 612-1639 / Stephen Turnbull ; illustrated by Wayne Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turnbull, Stephen, author.

Contributor:

Reynolds, Wayne, illustrator.

Series:

New vanguard ; 63.

New Vanguard ; 63

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naval art and science--History.

Naval art and science.

Warships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2009.

Summary:

Over the centuries, naval relations between Japan and Korea appear to have alternated between peaceful trade and outright hostility. However, this impression can be misleading, as much of what passed for mercantile activity was in fact conducted by Japanese pirate fleets, who pillaged the coasts of Korea and China in a long-lasting tradition that culminated in the greatest pirate raid of all: Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea in 1592. This was the conflict that involved Ming China and almost dragged in Siam. It also led to Korea developing East Asia's most famous warship: the legendary turtle s

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Title; Introduction; Fighting Ships and Naval Warfare in Japan and Korea; Early Naval Expeditions Between Japan and Korea; The Mongol Invasions of Japan; The Curse of the Wako; From Pirates to Sea Lords; The Japanese Invasions of Korea; Seapower and the Tokugawa; Techniques and Types of Korean Ships and Shipbuilding; The Korean Shipbuilding Tradition; Early Korean Fighting Ships; Fighting Ships of the Koryo Dynasty; Choson-Dynasty Warships; The Introduction of the P'anokson; The Turtle Ship; Korean Shipboard Armaments; Korean Naval Cannon; The Reinforced Arrow

Korean Fighting Ships in ActionTechniques and Types of Japanese Ships and Shipbuilding; The Japanese Shipbuilding Tradition; Early Japanese Fighting Ships; Japanese Pirate Ships; Sengoku Fighting Ships: The Ataka Bune; Medium and Small Fighting Ships: The Seki Bune and Kobaya; The Super-Large Fighting Ships: O Ataka Bune; The Japanese Flagship: Nihon Maru; Specialised Japanese Fighting Ships; Japanese Shipboard Armaments; Fighting Ships and Crossbows; The Fighting Ship as a Floating Battlefield; Hand-Held Gunpowder Weapons and Boarding Parties

Shipboard Artillery and Ship-to-Shore BombardmentFire Arrows and Firebombs; Japanese Fighting Ships in Action; Naval Tactics and Battle Formations; The Battle of Dan no Ura, 1185; Japanese Fighting Ships and Combined Operations; The Battle of Miyajima, 1555; Suggestions for Further Reading; Colour Plate Commentary; Related Titles; Imprint

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed March 20, 2018).

ISBN:

9781782000433

1782000437

9781782000129

1782000127

OCLC:

843342420