SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS

Author: David Howarth

Publisher: Book Club Edition

Year published: 1974

Pagination: 382pp, 100 col and b/w ills, maps, index

Condition: Good in ragged dw

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The author charts the history and development of British Sea Power from the 5th century Curraghs sailed by the Irish monks, to the fleets that engaged the Spanish Armada. He looks at the slave ships of John Hawkins through to the battleships of the Second World War.