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Two volumes containing in all more than three thousand entries, produced by a hundred specialists, such is this Dictionary of Maritime History - the first international compilation of its kind.This work is, without doubt, the most complete possible, and easy of access, whilst covering the...
Two volumes containing in all more than three thousand entries, produced by a hundred specialists, such is this Dictionary of Maritime History - the first international compilation of its kind.This work is, without doubt, the most complete possible, and easy of access, whilst covering the history of maritime achievements from Antiquity to the contemporary period. The dictionary puts at the disposition of all lovers of the sea and history, all those inspired by great adventure, a complete panoply rich in facts, names, dates and numbers of all the subjects linked to the marine history of nations.From the adventures of Marco Polo to the description of the Battle of Trafalgar, from the activities of the aircraft carrier La Fayette to the maritime regulations from Greek times, of the exceptional life of Commandant Jean l'Herminer (1902-1953) to the study of attooing in European navies, you will find in these two volumes : biographies of individuals (Nelson, Colbert, La Perouse) : descriptions of towns and ports, ships (Santa Maria, Bounty, Charles-de-Gaulle), types of naval construction (galley, longship, caravel, frigate), institutions (ranks, admiralty, freight), naval battles (Actium, Lepanto, Midway) ; definitions of marine terminology (octant, sextant, anchor).
A team of a hundred specialists, French and others, brought together by Michel Verge-Franceschi, professor of Modern History at the University of Savoie and author of a thesis on Ancient Navies.
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