Tide of empires : decisive naval campaigns in the rise of the west / Peter Padfield [complete in two volumes]

Padfield, Peter (b. 1932)

1979, First Edition. London : Routledge & Kegan Paul. Fine cloth copies in near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrappers. Remains a well-preserved set overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #452976
ISBN: 0710001509

Physical description; complete in 2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; Volume 1. The campaign of discovery -- The conquest of the Indian Ocean -- The Mediterranean Centre -- Atlantic wealth -- The Dutch Empire of the Oceans -- The rise of England. Volume 2. The triumph of Holland -- The Second Anglo-Dutch War -- Colbert and the rise of France -- The Third Anglo-Dutch War -- The maritime powers against the Sun King -- The triumph of England -- The Empire of the oceans. Subjects; Naval history.

Price: €30.00