Ciudades del Renacimiento

La primera edición del Civitates Orbis Terrarum se publicó en Colonia en 1572. El grandioso atlas publicado por Georg Braun y Franz Hogenberg incluye unas 600 panorámicas y planos de ciudades de todo el mundo. En la obra participaron numerosos artistas diferentes, entre ellos, el ...

Blackbeard's last fight

pirate hunting in North Carolina 1718

In April 1713 the War of the Spanish Succession came to an end. During the conflict hundreds of privateers - licenced pirates - preyed on enemy shipping throughout the Caribbean. These privateers now found themselves out of a job, and many turned to piracy. One of theme ...

Pirate

the Golden Age

This book describes the life of a pirate in the early 18th century, the ‘Golden Age of Piracy’. It charts the way these men (and a few women) were recruited, how they operated, what they looked like and what prospects their lives held. In the ...

Horatio Nelson

Leadership. Strategy. Conflict

The most famous admiral in history, Horatio Nelson's string of naval victories helped secure Britain's place as the world's dominant maritime power, a position she held for more than a century after Nelson's death. A young officer during the American Revolution ...

Warships of the anglo-dutch wars

1652-74

During the 17th century England and Holland found themselves at war three times, in a clash for economic and naval supremacy, fought out in the cold waters of the North Sea and the English Channel. The First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-54) pitted the Dutch against Oliver ...

The great expedition

Sir Francis Drake in the spanish main, 1585-86

In 1585, war between Spain and Elizabethan England was all but inevitable. Consequently, Queen Elizabeth's spymaster proposed a pre- emptive strike designed to paralyse Spain's economy by striking at the Spanish Main - the heart of her overseas empire. The Elizabethan "Sea Dog" Sir ...

Strongholds of the picts

the fortifications of Dark Age Scotland

Illustrated by Peter Dennis. When the Romans withdrew from Britain, the north of the country was ruled by the most mysterious of the ancient British races, the Picts. Much of what is known about these #painted# warriors, comes from the remains of the fortifications that ...

Marlborough

leadership, strategy, conflict

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, is one of the great commanders of history. Using his great charm and diplomatic skills he was able to bind troops from various European states into a cohesive army that won a string of victories over the French armies ...

La Armada Invencible

el fracasado plan español contra Inglaterra en 1588

Contiene ilustraciones. El mapa político de Europa probablemente no sería el mismo hoy si la mal llamada Armada Invencible hubiera triunfado en su propósito y Felipe II hubiera conquistado Inglaterra. La historia de este fracaso militar contada con todo detalle, tanto la campaña en general ...

The spanish armada

the great enterprise against England 1588

With the launch of the Spanish Armada in 1588, England suffered its greatest threat since the Norman invasion some 500 years before. The Spanish King, Philip II had devised a complex plan where by the armada would sail up the English Channel, pick up the ...

Piracy

the complete history

Piracy has been around ever since man took to the sea. In this book, pirate expert Angus Konstam sails through the brutal history of piracy, From the pirates who plagued the Ancient Egyptians to Viking raids and on to the era of privateers. He then ...

Atlas histórico del mundo celta

"La estructura esmeradamente ordenada y el ruido del ejército celta aterrorizaban a los romanos; por los incontables trompetistas y entonadores de cuerno y ya que el ejército entero estaba lanzando sus gritos de guerra en el mismo momento, el ruido era tan confuso que parecía ...

Atlas histórico de la antigua Grecia

Historical atlas of the crusades

In November 1095, Pope Urban II called on the Christian rulers and knights of Europe to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land and claim Jerusalem back for Christendom. Any Crusader who died in the attempt would be rewarded in Heaven. The response was overwhelming ...

Spanish Galleon 1530-1690

During the middle decade of the 16th century a new type of sailing vessel emerged, designed to carry the wealth of the Americas to Spain. This was the galleon, and over the next century these vessels would serve Spain well as treasure ships and warships ...

Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece

Lepanto 1571

the greatest naval battle of the Renaissance

For much of the 16th century the Mediterranean was a battleground between Christians and Muslims. The war galley was the predominant warship type of the era, and a battle between two large war galley fleets was expected to decide the fate of the entire Mediterranean ...

Renaissance War Galley 1470-1590

Illustrated by Tony Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For most of the Renaissance period, naval warfare in the Mediterranean was dominated by the war galley, a unique naval vessel for a momentous age. During the struggle for supremacy between Christian and Muslim powers, war galleys formed the backbone of ...