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LEADER: 01759cam a22002897a 4500
001 2004295510
003 DLC
005 20090528071922.0
008 041230s2004 nyub b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2004295510
020 $a0060534249
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm56812586
040 $aOCO$cOCO$dBUR$dVYM$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
043 $ae-uk---
050 00 $aVA454$b.H4 2004
100 1 $aHerman, Arthur,$d1956-
245 10 $aTo rule the waves :$bhow the British Navy shaped the modern world /$cArthur Herman.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bHarperCollins,$cc2004.
300 $axix, 648 p. :$bmaps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 571-621) and index.
520 $aRecounts how Britain's Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to a level of power unprecedented in history. From its beginnings under Henry VIII and adventurers like John Hawkins and Francis Drake, the Royal Navy toppled one world economic system, built by Spain and Portugal after Columbus, and ushered in another--the one in which we still live today. Follows its historiy from the defeat of the Spanish Armada, through the seventeenth century, when the navy came to play a leading role as England became a world power, through the convulsions of Napoleon, the twentieth century, and the downfall of the British Empire itself, as Britain passed its essential elements on to its successor, the United States.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bRoyal Navy$xHistory.
650 0 $aCivilization, Modern$xBritish influences.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2004295510-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2004295510-d.html