Nelson's Battles the Triumph of British Seapower
Horatio Nelson was a hero from the time when his dramatic initiative won the battle of St Vincent in 1797, while his last battle, at Trafalgar, reduced the enemy naval forces so thoroughly that they were no longer able to have any bearing on the outcome of the war. As well as being a brilliant study...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Barnsley :
Seaforth Publishing
2008.
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| Edición: | Rev. ed |
| Colección: | ProQuest Ebook Central.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b4050606x*spi |
| Sumario: | Horatio Nelson was a hero from the time when his dramatic initiative won the battle of St Vincent in 1797, while his last battle, at Trafalgar, reduced the enemy naval forces so thoroughly that they were no longer able to have any bearing on the outcome of the war. As well as being a brilliant study of those naval battles which played such an important role in Napoleon's defeat, it also makes a close study of the admiral's art which, during the last years of the eighteenth century. |
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| Notas: | 1{u00AA} ed. es de 1996. Tít. original: Nelson'battles : the art of victory in the age of sail. |
| Descripción Física: | 462 p. : il. bl. y n., gráf., mapa |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781783465439 9781848320093 |
