The Command of the Ocean - A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815

Informationen zum Autor N. A. M. Rodger is Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and former Professor of Naval History at the University of Exeter. He has been awarded the Julian Corbett Prize in Naval History, the Duke of Westminster’s Medal for Military Literature, the British Academy Book prize, the Hattendorf Prize, and the Caird Medal of the National Maritime Museum. Klappentext N.A.M. Rodger is Professor of Naval History at Exeter University and Anderson Senior Research Fellow, National Maritime Museum. He is the author of The Wooden World and The Admiralty as well as the highly acclaimed first volume of his naval history of Britain, The Safeguard of the Sea (available in Penguin). Zusammenfassung Describes the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. This work describes not just battles, voyages and cruises but how the Navy was manned, how it was supplied with timber, hemp and iron, how its men were fed, and how it was financed and directed.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: N A M Rodger, N. A. M. Rodger
• Verlag: Penguin Books Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 07.09.2006
• EAN: 9780141026909
• ISBN: 978-0-14-102690-9
• Seiten: 901
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 198 mm x 42 mm
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Modern / General, TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Naval forces & warfare, c 1500 onwards to present day, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Naval forces and warfare