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Tag: naval history

April 18, 2018

Review: Syracuse 415–413 BC, Nic Fields

Syracuse 415–413 BC: Destruction of the Athenian Imperial Fleet by Nic Fields My rating: 3 of 5 stars I really enjoyed the narrative here…

April 18, 2018

Review: The Peloponnesian War 431-404 BC, Philip de Souza

The Peloponnesian War 431–404 BC by Philip de Souza My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a pretty decent overview of the Peloponnesian…

January 31, 2018

‘s Lands Zeemagazijn / Het Scheepvaartmuseum

A construction of a Dutch architect, Daniël Stalpaert, this magnificent structure represents the glory of the Dutch Republic. This is the only suitable introduction that…

July 6, 2017

Review: Ancient Greek Warship: 500–322 BC, Nic Fields

Ancient Greek Warship: 500–322 BC by Nic Fields My rating: 2 of 5 stars While I find this a good introduction to Athenian ships,…

February 18, 2014

Seating Arrangements on Trieres

I read an interesting article earlier today (found here) on how our probable conclusions for triremes have been wrong. I found the article firstly…

January 26, 2014

Opinion: On the Prevalence of Nelson

Nelson. He always comes up as the first name, and I don’t think he should. Now, let me say that I am a great…

May 18, 2013

‘The Glorious First of June’, Sam Willis

Sam Willis is a naval historian and when I saw his book by the title ‘The Glorious First of June’ in the Waterstones in…

May 14, 2013

‘Captain Vancouver’, E.C. Coleman

I quite enjoyed this short overview on Captain George Vancouver. My main problem with this might be that it is a very short book,…

March 4, 2013

Quoting sir John Jervis

July 14, 2011

‘Naval Warfare’, J. Thursfield

I thought of writing about dreams, about illusions, of people, possibly about anger/disappointment. Those are, briefly, what I’ve thought about in the last few…

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