02717nam a2200277 a 4500 TVCDKTCT12807 Thư viện trường Cao đẳng Kỹ thuật Cao Thắng 20110405000000 110405 Thư viện Trường CĐ Kỹ Thuật Cao Thắng RG_1 #1 eb0 i1 0470116676 vie 623.8225 / S400V-a Koristam Angus Sovereigns of the Sea: The Quest to Build the Perfect Renaissance Battleship / Koristam Angus American : Wiley , 2008 352tr. It was the age of the great humanist scholars,of poets, architects, painters, inventors,scientists, sculptors, and doctors—and of oneof the most ferocious and costly arms racesin history. Beginning with the first marriage of guns and ships in the early fifteenth century,the monarchs of Europe launched a desperate competition to rule the waves with ever larger, more powerful, and more seaworthy warships. Driven by continuous advances in gunfounding technology, this deadly contest gave rise, almost immediately, to national navies, led to greatleaps in shipbuilding and design, and produced revolutions in naval strategy and tactics. The price of these advances was always enormous and, in some cases, ruinous. In Sovereigns of the Sea, historian Angus Konstamcharts the dramatic course of this all-outstruggle for maritime supremacy. He explainswhy the very notion of placing heavy artilleryaboard a sailing vessel posed dauntingchallenges to Renaissance shipbuilders, and why trial-and-error efforts to overcome these challenges could easily result in disaster. Citing shipbuilding efforts in England, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and even Scotland, Konstam examines the two centuries of politics,technology, ambition, and savage sea battles that produced the ultimate military sailingvessel—the ship-of-the-line. Beginning with Henry V's Grace à Dieu, a colossusof its day, Konstam tells the tales behind aseries of "super-ships," state-of-the-art behemoths designed to overpower any vessel that stood in their way. From Scotland's never-tested GreatMichael and Sweden's ill-fated Vasa to Henry VIII's fearsome Regent and Charles I's Sovereign ofthe Seas, their stories follow the path of shipbuilding, politics, and technological innovation during this crucial period of world history. Warship -- Design and construction --16 th century Warships-- History--16 th century Ordnance Naval - History - 16 th century Artillerry- History - 16 th century Naval history Modern - 16th century