Fighting Sail: Three Hundred Years of Warfare at Sea (1979) By Oliver Warner
 
Three hundred years of warfare at sea. The span of this books extends from the ousting of oared vessels by sail at the end of the fifteenth century until the complete revolution brought about the coming of steam in the nineteenth century. Tactics of sea warfare changed continually as ship design improved, more efficient rigging gave greater speed and manoeuvrability, nautical instruments became more accurate and armament more deadly, copper-sheathed hulls made longer voyages possible, and, at last, that age-old scourge of the seafaring man, scurvy, was finally conquered. Against the background of maritime history daily life in the Navy is portrayed in all its glory and squalor.
 
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
192 pages
In Good Condition