Among the things connected with maritime history in this impressive reference are long, suitably seamy entries on seafarers ashore, fascinating descriptions of seaports around the world, the very diff
This volume is both a restatement of current interpretations of sea power in the middle ages and the Renaissance and a general introduction to naval and maritime history over four and a half centuries
For centuries, Charles XII has mainly been seen in the context of Sweden’s national experience, yet his activities stretched across the European continent from Russia and Denmark to Germany, Austria,
