The World's Great Battleships
Subtitle: From the Middle Ages to the Present
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (CA)
Published: September 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781571452627
Subjects: Military Science; History: American; History - Military / War; Military - Naval; Sale Books; Military - Weapons; Battleships; History
First sentence: The concept of the battleship was born in the sixteenth century, as European rulers began to appreciate the importance of ships that were able to dominate naval battles with their firepower.