Galleons and Galleys

✍ Scribed by John Francis Guilmartin

• Publisher: Cassell
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 226
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The turn of the 16th century saw the start of a revolution in sea warfare--one long in the making but, once begun, remarkably swift. The driving force: gunpowder. The principal agents: galleys (long, low boats propelled principally by oars) and galleons (heavy, square rigged sailing ships). Suddenly, Europe, formerly on a technological par with India and China, dominated the waters. They crossed the Atlantic, reached America, and became world powers. A beautifully written account of the age conveys exactly how a country like Portugal could establish outposts from South America to the Pacific, how Christian fleets wrested control of the Mediterranean from the Ottoman Empire, and why the "invincible" Spanish armada met with disaster in its attempt to invade England. A vivid page-turner.

✦ Table of Contents

COVER......Page 1
GALLEONS AND GALLEYS......Page 4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 8
MAP LIST......Page 10
THE WORLD C. 1300......Page 19
THE BATILE OF SLUYS 1340......Page 27
SOUTH-EAST ASIAN EXPLORATION C. 1430......Page 36
THE SIEGE OF CHIOGGIA 1379......Page 47
THE MALABAR COAST 1503......Page 79
THE BALTIC 1563-70......Page 102
CHANNEL BATTLES 1500-1600......Page 118
MEDITERRANEAN BATTLES 1500-1600......Page 139
THE BATTLE OF LEPANTO 1571......Page 145
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE AZORES 1582-3......Page 153
WORLD EMPIRES AND TRADE 1500-1600......Page 167
THE SPANISH ARMADA 1588......Page 172
THE ARMADA ENGAGED 31 JULY 1588......Page 175
KOREA 1592......Page 187
YI'S CAMPAIGN 1592......Page 189
THE BATTLE OF HANSAN STRAIT 1592......Page 190
THE BATTLE OF THE DOWNS 1639......Page 201
THE WORLD IN 1650......Page 209
CHRONOLOGY......Page 11
INTRODUCTION: THE AGE OF GALLEY,GALLEON AND EUROPEAN WORLD HEGEMONY......Page 17
SLUYS, 1340......Page 23
WARFARE AT SEA 1300- 1453......Page 32
THE SIEGE OF CHIOGGIA, 1379-80......Page 45
THE WEAPONS OF WAR AT SEA 1300-1650......Page 54
ZONCHIO, 1499......Page 73
THE MALABAR COAST, 1503......Page 78
CARAVELS AND CARRACKS......Page 86
THE RISE OF SWEDISH SEA POWER, 1535-70......Page 99
THE GALLEY......Page 106
LEPANTO, 1571......Page 127
PUNTA DELGADA, 1582......Page 152
THE GALLEON......Page 158
THE 'INVINCIBLE' ARMADA, 1588......Page 165
HANSAN STRAIT, 1592......Page 183
THE DOWNS, 1639......Page 192
CONCLUSION: THE TWILIGHT OF GALLEY AND GALLEON......Page 206
BIOGRAPHIES......Page 215
FURTHER READING AND SOURCES......Page 219
INDEX......Page 221
PICTURE CREDITS......Page 225
COVER......Page 226