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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Blake, John (19..-.... ; officier de marine)
Titre(s) : Charts of war [Texte imprimé] : the maps and charts that have informed and illustrated war at sea / John Blake
Publication : London : Conway Maritime, 2006
Description matérielle : 160 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (page 158) and index
"From the ships of small expeditionary fleets, which carried navigational charts,
to the requirements of modern ships involved in combined operations, which need charts
to include a whole range of information, John Blake has produced an illustrated account
of the role that charts have played in planning, preventing, conducting and recording
war at sea. The selection not only includes charts depicting major battles and amphibious
operations, but those drawn up for tactical and espionage purposes, for coastal defence
and the positioning of forts along rivers and at the entrance to harbours." "Chapters
run in chronological order, organized according to the overall political scene, but
the main focus is on the development of chartmaking and surveying in relation to changing
warfare techniques. Informative captions accompany each chart, setting them in historical
context and providing details about the main protagonists and the chartmakers and
surveyors themselves."--Jacket
Sujet(s) : Cartes marines -- Histoire
Batailles navales -- Cartes -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1844860310. - ISBN 9781844860319
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45435785t
Notice n° :
FRBNF45435785
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : The ancient chart ; The age of discoveries: the Renaissance chart, 1493-1599 ;
American gold: attrition of spanish and portuguese empires, 1600-1715 ; The ancien
régime: European, American and Asian war, 1700-93 ; Birth of a nation: the American
War of Independence, 1776-82 ; Charts of global war: the Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Wars, 1793-1815 ; Brother against brother: the American Civil War, 1861-5 ; The
modern chart of war.
