Warships of the Anglo-Dutch Wars 1652-74

Name: Warships of the Anglo-Dutch Wars 1652-74
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ISBN: 9781849084109

ISBN-10: 1849084106

ISBN-13: 9781849084109

Edition: 2011

Authors: Angus Konstam, Peter Bull, Peter Bull

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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 Cromwell's Commonwealth Navy, which proved as successful at sea as his New Model Army had been on land. Following the Restoration of 1660 the two maritime powers clashed again, and in the Second Dutch War (1665-67) it was the Dutch who had the upper hand. They humiliated the English by burning their fleet in the Medway (1667), forcing Charles II to sue for peace. This peace proved temporary, and the Third Dutch War (1672-74)…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 12/20/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 48
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.75" long x 0.15" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English

Originally from the Orkney Islands, Angus Konstam was the curator of arms and armor at the Tower of London and is currently the chief curator of the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, FL, setting up major exhibitions throughout the eastern seaboard of North America. He is the author of Historical Atlas of Exploration for Facts On File/Checkmark Books and lives in Key West.