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The Dutch Navy of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

The Dutch Navy of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Bruijn, Jaap R.

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Series: Research in Maritime History, Book 45

General World HistoryNaval History

ISBN10: 0986497355
ISBN13: 9780986497353
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: Jan 1 2011
Pages: 254
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.17 Depth: 9.12
Language: English
This book is a reprint of Jaap R. Bruijn's 1993 book, The Dutch Navy, which offers an English-language overview of the history of the Dutch Navy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is divided into three chronological periods: the 'old', 'new', and 'second-rate' navy. Rather than presenting a history of naval conflict, this volume approaches Dutch naval history from the following four angles: operations, administration, officer duties, and sailor duties. It consists of a series foreword, a new introduction detailing recent developments in naval historiography, the original introduction providing a history of Dutch maritime history from the middle ages to the beginning of the seventeenth century, a conclusion, and a bibliography and index. It explores the astounding amount of naval power belonging to such a sparsely populated nation, plus the rapid rates of success and decline. It confirms that the Dutch navy - with its logic, innovation, and missteps alike - provides

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