Gunpowder and galleys
Subtitle: changing technology and Mediterranean warfare at sea in the sixteenth century
By: John Francis Guilmartin, Jr.
Series: Cambridge studies in early modern history
Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Naval art and science -- History; Mediterranean Region -- History, Naval
Description: Analyzes all aspects of dominant fleets of sixteenth century Mediterranean (Spain, Venice, and Ottoman Empire) including: the galley and its design, the manning and recruiting of weaponry, the strategy and tactics of galley warfare, the effects of gunpowder, and the impact of social, economic, geographic, and climactic factors.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 304-312.
Includes index.