To Rule the Waves

Arthur Herman

earliest edition we have, 2004 Harper Perennial, 2005 paperback 648 pages

Recounts 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...

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To Rule the Waves paperback · 2005 · Harper Perennial · 648 pages · 9780060534257
To Rule the Waves paperback · 2005 · Hodder & Stoughton Paperbacks · 672 pages · 9780340734193
To Rule the Waves hardcover · 2005 · Hodder & Stoughton Ltd · 672 pages · 9780340734186
To rule the waves edition · 2004 · HarperCollins · 648 pages

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