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Submarines

Submarines from earliest
attempts to present day
models. Numerous fact
boxes with key
information Eye-catching
die-cut cover reflecting
periscope 'Technical'
style with over 130
photos and artworks incl.
engineering drawings,
blueprints, cut-always
Male, technical readers

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Sovereign Of The Seas - The
Seventeenth-Century Warship

Charles I's authoritative
and intolerant rule as
monarch, and the
unpopular Ship Money tax
which he initiated, were
instrumental in creating
the most splendid and
controversial warship in
English history. She was
the grandest venture
hitherto created,
remarkable for her size,
beauty and heavy
armament. Even her name,
the Sovereign of the
Seas, suggested pride
and pomp. Designed and
built by Phineas Pett,
and ably assisted by his
son Peter as Master
Builder, her keel was
laid in December 1635 at
Woolwich Royal Dockyard.
She was safely launched
in October 1637. Her
graceful lines are a
delight to any ship
modeller. Her description
and history are
intriguing. Very little
is known about her. Many
authors have praised and
applauded her. She
remains an enigma - a
puzzle for subsequent
historians. Each
successive
researcher"es the
facts previously
published. The author,
James H. Sephton, has
been engrossed for many
years in the self
appointed task of
researching and compiling
a definitive history.
Original paintings,
drawings and models are
elucidated. Her size in
term of tonnage, a
description of her
decorative carvings and
rigging is described. Her
history in the various
actions during the Dutch
Wars is discussed. There
are accompanying plates,
drawings, maps, lists
and tables. This present
study, therefore,
contains much hitherto
unpublished material. It
is preserved as a record
for posterity. It is also
a dedication to the
efforts of naval
historians past, present
and future.

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Epic Land Battles

These world-famous
battles span the course
of modern military
history, from the battle
of Yorktown, which
decided the result of the
American Revolution, and
the siege of Vicksburg
through to the greatest
tank battles ever fought,
at El Alamein and Kursk,
and Hitlers last
offensive in the
Ardennes.The continuity
of tactics and strategy
between these modern
battles and those of
Hannibal, Napoleon and
Frederick the Great is
brought out in the
authors brilliant
descriptive and critical
analysis. There are over
380 illustrations,
appearing in both colour
and black and white,
including maps, diagrams
and technical drawings.

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Epic Sea Battles

World famous sea battles
fought around the world.
Twelve of the greatest
sea battles fought around
the world are
dramatically described
with a wealth of expert
technical detail and
commentary. There are
over 310 illustrations in
colour and black and
white including maps,
diagrams and technical
drawings.

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Spanish Gold

Stories of individual
pirates in the Caribbean,
from Blackbeard to
Calico Jack, havebeen
the stuff of legend since
the eighteenth century,
but in Spanish Gold
pirate expert David
Cordingly at last gives
us the big picture in all
its bold and ruthless
truth. Cordingly shows
how the attacks of the
buccaneers on the
treasure ports of the
Spanish Main, and the
sacking of Panama by Sir
Henry Morgan in 1671,
were the prologue to an
explosion of piracy which
led to the establishment
of a pirate colony at
Nassau in the Bahamas. By
1717, so many ships had
been raided and trade so
badly disrupted that the
merchants of London had
to act.

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£5.99

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