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Cookie akzeptieren- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- 2018
- Gebunden
- 160 Seiten
- ISBN 9781472834065
This new addition to the best-selling Conway pocket-book range features Admiral Nelson's fully preserved flagship HMS Victory , the most tangible symbol of the Royal Navy's greatest battle off Cape Trafalgar on October 21st 1805. In the HMS Victory Pocket Manual , Peter Goodwin adopts a fresh approach to explain the workings of the only surviving 'line of battle' ship of the Napoleonic Wars. And, as Victory was engaged in battle during only two per cent of her active service, the book also provides a glimpse into life and work at sea during the other ninety-eight per cent of the time. This volume presents answers to questions such as: 'What types of wood were used in building Victory?'; 'What was Victory's longest voyage?'; 'How many shots were fired from her guns at Trafalgar?'; 'How
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