Spanish Naval Power, 15891665
Subtitle: Reconstruction and Defeat (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780521522571
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Naval forces & warfare; c 1600 to c 1700; History: World; History; History - General History; Spain; Europe - General; Military - Naval; History / Europe / General; History : Military - Naval; Spain--History, Naval--16th century
First sentence: When Philip II decided in the 1580s to create a permanent high-seas fleet, he added a considerable burden to a treasury already brought to breaking point by the expenses of decades of war.