02850cam a2200253I 4500000482399MiAaHDL20230331000000.0m d cr bn ---auaua770602s1898 xx 000 0 eng 01011051sdr-hvd.990026815980203941(MH)002681598HVD01-Aleph(MH)Aleph002681598(OCoLC)3012050DLCDMMOCLm.c.HLSD27.M21D27.M215Mahan, A. T.(Alfred Thayer),1840-1914.The influence of sea power upon history, 1660-1783 /by Captain A. T. Mahan.15th ed.Boston :Little, Brown and company,1898.xxiv, 557 p.4 maps (1 fold.) plans.24 cm.Introductory -- I. Discussion of the elements of sea power -- II. State of Europe in 1660 ; Second Anglo-Dutch war, 1665-1667 ; Sea battles of Lowestoft and of the Four Days -- III. War of England and France in alliance against the united provinces, 1672-1674 ; Finally, of France against combined Europe, 1674-1678 ; Sea battles of Solebay, the Texel, and Stromboli -- IV. English revolution ; War of the League of Augsburg, 1688-1697 ; Sea battles of Beachy Head and La Hougue -- V. War of the Spanish succession, 1702-1713 ; Sea battle of the Malaga -- VI. The regency in France ; Alberoni in Spain ; Policies of Walpole and Fleuri ; War of the Polish succession ; English contraband trade in Spanish America ; Great Britain declares war against Spain, 1715-1739 -- VII. War between Great Britain and Spain, 1739 ; War of the Austrian succession, 1740 ; France joins Spain against Great Britain, 1744 ; Sea battles of Matthews, Anson, and Hawke ; Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748 -- VIII. Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 ; England's overwhelming power and conquests of the seas, in North America, Europe, and East and West Indies ; Sea battles : Byng off Minorca, Hawk and Conflans, Pocock and D'Aché in East Indies -- IX. Course of events from the Peace of Paris to 1778 ; Maritime war consequent upon the American Revolution ; Sea battle off Ushant -- X. Maritime war in North America and West Indies, 1778-1781 ; Its influence upon the course of the American Revolution ; Fleet actions off Grenada, Dominica, and Chesapeake Bay -- XI. Maritime war in Europe, 1779-1782 -- XII. Events in the East Indies, 1778-1781 ; Suffren sails from Brest for India, 1781 ; His brilliant naval campaign in the Indian seas, 1782, 1783 -- XIII. Events in the West Indies after the surrender of Yorktown ; Encounters of De Grasse with Hood ; The sea battle of the Saints, 1781-1782 -- XIV. Critical discussions of the maritime war of 1778.Mode of access: Internet.Naval historyOnline version:Mahan, A.T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914.Influence of sea power upon history, 1660-1783.15th ed.Boston, Little, Brown and Co., 1898(OCoLC)56211382700048239920071217191124.020230331000000.020230401060541.02024-11-15T18:31:16Z2024-11-15T18:30:02Z2017-09-20T22:30:02ZSDR-HVDhvdALMAprepare.pl-004-008BKsdr-hvd.990026815980203941hvdSDRHVD002681598hvd.32044013659107HVD990026815980203941HVDHVD20241115googlehvd.320440136591071898pdbibnon-US bib date1 < 1901