Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail
Contributors: Tony Gibbons (Illustrator)
Publisher: Collins
Published: September 4, 2000
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780004145228
Subjects: Maritime history; Naval forces & warfare; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900
First sentence: Neither a convenient path to somewhere else, nor even particularly accessible, the British Isles have been spared much of the misery of other peoples' wars.