Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men, and Organization, 1793-1815

Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men, and Organization, 1793-1815

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Book Description
Foreword by Patrick O'Brian. Encyclopedic in scope and filled with more than 400 illustrations, this large-format book provides an in-depth description of the Royal Navy in Lord Nelson's time. Among the subjects covered are ship design and construction, ship handling and navigation, fighting tactics and gunnery techniques, the Navy's administration, foreign navies of the day, and life at sea. Written by one of the world's leading naval authorities in the age of sail, this book has an established reputation as the most authentic and complete picture of Nelson's Navy ever published. 412 illustrations. Appendixes. Index. Paperback. 10 x 12 inches.

About the Author
Brian Lavery, the curator of ship technology at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, is the author of several books, including Jack Aubrey Commands, Nelson and the Nile, and The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, 1600-1815.

Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men, and Organization, 1793-1815,Brian Lavery,Naval Institute Press,1591146119,18th century,19th century,Europe - Great Britain - General,Great Britain,Great Britain.,History,History - Military / War,Military,Military - Naval,Royal Navy,Ships & Shipbuilding - History,Warships

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