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Age Of Sails War At Sea: Book Two by John Van Duyn Southworth w/ Dust Jacket
Age Of Sails War At Sea: Book Two by John Van Duyn Southworth
The Story Of Naval Warfare Under Sail
Hardbound With Dustjacket - 468 Pages
Copyright 1968
CONTENTS
Prefacevii
List of Maps and Illustrations xi
1 A Period Of Transition 1
2 Portuguese Sea Power 26
3 Spain's Day Of Glory 52
4 The Rise Of Dutch Naval Power 92
5 "To Beat The Dutch" 116
6 The Glorious Dream Of Louis Xiv 135
7 Britannia Rules The Waves 170
8 The Birth Of The American Navy 193
9 France Carries The Load 228
10 Great Britain And The French Revolution 261
11 The American Navy Revived 298
12 Napoleon's Quest For Power 313
13 The War Of 1812 339
14 Potpourri 395
15 Again, Transition 441
Bibliography
Index 449
The Age of Sails tells the story of naval warfare as it was fought in ships driven by the wind, from the early thirteenth century until the mid-nineteenth. It opens with the struggles of the mediaeval French and English kings for control of "the narrow seas" between their lands and tontinues with accounts of the sea histories of Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, France, Great Britain, Russia, the United States, and other nations. Types of ships and weapons, changing naval techniques, and some background history are briefly presented to add meaning and understanding, but the emphasis throughout is on the story of war upon the waters and the men who directed and manned the embattled fleets. It is written primarily for the non-professional reader with an interest in ships, in history, and in the sea.
Volume I of the series, The Ancient Fleets, tells the story of naval warfare as it was fought in oar-driven galleys in ancient and mediaeval times. Volume III, The Age of Steam, carries on to the present day, from the invention of the steamboat to the use of nuclear-powered warships off Vietnam. This book, The Age of Sails, bridges the gap between them, presenting the deeds of such naval immortals as Drake, Grenville, Tromp, Blake, de Ruyter, Tourville, John Paul Jones, de Grasse, Suffren, Nelson, Hull, Decatur, Wessel, and many others. Scarcely less important than the men are the ships they sailed - Revenge, Victory, Constitution - which in time gained distinctive characters of their own. Men and ships! That is the essence of naval history.
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