Six Galleons for the King of Spain - Imperial Defense in the Early Seventeenth Century

Informationen zum Autor Carla Rahn Phillips is the Union Pacific Professor in Comparative Early Modern History at the University of Minnesota. She has published two award-winning books with Johns Hopkins, Six Galleons for the King of Spain: Imperial Defense in the Early Seventeenth Century and, with William D. Phillips, Jr., Spain's Golden Fleece: Wool Production and the Wool Trade from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century . Klappentext In 1625, Martin de Arana built six Atlantic warships for the Spanish crown. The author traces the ships from their construction through a decade of service, incorporating a history of Spain's Golden Age. This book was awarded the Spain and America in Quincentennial Year of Discovery prize.

Product details

• Authors: Carla Rahn Phillips, Carla Rahn (Union Pacific Professor in C Phillips, Phillips Carla Rahn
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.1992
• EAN: 9780801845130
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-4513-0
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: Softshell Books; Softshell Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; European History, Spain, HISTORY / Military / Naval, Naval forces & warfare, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Naval forces and warfare, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Europe / Spain