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EMPIRE OF THE SEAS

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

EMPIRE OF THE SEAS

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About the book

The year 1588 marked a turning point in our national story. Victory over the Spanish Armada transformed us into a seafaring nation and it sparked a myth that one day would become a reality - that the nation's new destiny, the source of her future wealth and power lay out on the oceans. This book tells the story of how the navy expanded from a tiny force to become the most complex industrial enterprise on earth; how the need to organise it laid the foundations of our civil service and our economy...Show more

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9781472835604

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published year

2018

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1

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EMPIRE OF THE SEAS

Format

Paperback

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