The Dutch Navy of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

By J.R. Bruijn, Jaap R. Bruijn, Jaap Bruijn

Book Overview

This book is a reprint of Jaap R. Bruijn's 1993 book, The Dutch Navy, which offers an English-language overview of the history of the Dutch Navy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is divided into three chronological periods: the 'old', 'new', and 'second-rate' navy. Rather than
presenting a history of naval conflict, this volume approaches Dutch naval history from the following four angles: operations, administration, officer duties, and sailor duties. It consists of a series foreword, a new introduction detailing recent developments in naval historiography, the original
introduction providing a history of Dutch maritime history from the middle ages to the beginning of the seventeenth century, a conclusion, and a bibliography and index. It explores the astounding amount of naval power belonging to such a sparsely populated nation, plus the rapid rates of success and
decline. It confirms that the Dutch navy - with its logic, innovation, and missteps alike - provides an excellent case study of both the development of European bureaucracy and armed forces in the Early Modern period.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0986497355
• ISBN13: 9780986497353
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"