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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Herman, Arthur, 1956-     Subjects     Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History.     Civilization, Modern -- British influences.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Herman, Arthur, 1956-       by title:      To rule the waves : ...         MARC Display

To rule the waves : how the British Navy shaped the modern world / Arthur Herman. by Herman, Arthur, 1956- New York, NY : Harper Collins, c2004. Subjects Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History.   Civilization, Modern -- British influences. ISBN:  0060534249 : Description:  xix, 648 p. : maps ; 24 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Requests:  0 Summary:  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 the seventeenth century, when the navy came to play a leading role as England became a world power, through the convulsions of Napoleon, the twentieth century, and the downfall of the British Empire itself, as Britain passed its essential elements on to its successor, the United States.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aiea Public Library Adult Nonfiction 359.00942 He Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 359.00942 He Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 359.00942 He Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 359.00942 He Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 359.00942 He Checked In Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 359.00942 He Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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