Naval Institute Press, 2014. — 320 p. — ISBN: 978-1848321571. For most of the seventeenth century the Netherlands constituted the most important maritime power in the world, with by far the largest merchant fleet and a dominance in seaborne trade that other countries feared and envied. Born out of an 80-year struggle against Spain for independence, the Dutch republic relied on...
Naval Institute Press, 2014. — 320 p. — ISBN: 978-1848321571. For most of the seventeenth century the Netherlands constituted the most important maritime power in the world, with by far the largest merchant fleet and dominance in seaborne trade, feared and envied by other countries. Born out of an 80-year struggle against Spain for independence, the Dutch republic relied on...
International Maritime Economic History Association, 2011. — 218 p. — (Research in Maritime History 45). This is a more than usually welcome book for — extraordinary though it may seem — there has until now been no modern study of the Dutch Navy in its great days, during the Republic, either in Dutch or in any other language. Given the importance of the subject and the interest...
Macdonald & Company, 1968. — 161 p. — ISBN: 0356015092. Part of the "Navies of the Second World War" series. 58 b&w photos, 10 drawings. A fine run-down on these fascinating, little appreciated naval vessels from a time when the Netherlands were a power with worldwide interests.
Uitgeverij Waanders, 2005. — 64 p. — ISBN: 978-9-040089-97-8. The Rijksmuseum houses an unusually large seventeenth-century model ship dating back to 1698, the William Rex. It is unique in the world, not only on account of its size, its age and its elaboration, but also because of the historical and political significance it carries. This book not only explores the history and...
Comments