Gunpowder & galleys.
John Francis GUILMARTIN

Gunpowder and Galleys is the classic study of naval warfare in Early Modern Europe. First published in 1974, it is now to be revised and reissued. In it, Professor Guilmartin examines how war was fought in the Mediterranean during the sixteenth century. The study builds an understanding of technology, element by element, to provide the background to an outstanding narrative history of the wars between the Ottoman empire and its Christian opponents (predominantly Spain and Portugal). The book reveals how the arquebus, and then the musket, proved more suitable for action aboard ship than the crossbow or the Turkish composite bow. It illustrates the interaction between commerce and warfare in the 16th-century Mediterranean. It describes how the strategic considerations in galley warfare are substantially different from those in campaigns involving galleons or ships of the line. It explains why the victory at Lepanto in 1571 failed to have any long-term strategic consequences.
Gunpowder and Galleys was acclaimed on its first publication. The revised edition will update the text in the light of Professor Guilmartin’s researches over the last twenty-five years into orders of battle and ballistics, gunnery, and cannon founding.

EAN | 9780851779515
Editor | Conway Maritime Press Ltd
Autor | John Francis GUILMARTIN
Estado | Agotado
Año de edición | 2003
Número de edición | 1
Páginas | 352
Ilustraciones | b/w illust.
Idioma | english
Encuadernación | hardback
Dimensiones | 16x24