Islamic seapower during the age of fighting sail

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Islamic seapower during the age of fighting sail

Statement of responsibility

Philip MacDougall

Creator

• MacDougall, Philip,

Author

• MacDougall, Philip,

Subject

• Islamic countries -- History, Naval -- 17th century
• Islamic countries -- History, Naval -- 18th century
• Islamic countries -- History, Naval -- 19th century
• 1600-1899
• Sea-power
• Sea-power -- Islamic countries
• Naval history
• Islamic countries

Genre

• Naval history

Language

eng

Summary

Studies of the "Age of Fighting Sail" have tended to focus on the British or American navies, or sometimes on those of France or Spain. However, there were also at this time very significant navies built by the Islamic powers: the North African Barbary states, whose ships, allegedly pirates, plagued Mediterranean shipping and raided even as far as Cornwall and the south coast of Ireland; the Ottoman Empire, which built the largest sailing warship ever; the navies of Arabian and Indian rulers and of Persia, which were forces to be reckoned with in the Indian Ocean; and more. This book presents a comprehensive survey of Islamic seapower from about the beginning of the seventeenth century until the middle of the nineteenth century, charting the rise and fall of different Islamic navies. It focuses on strategy, examining the development and implementation of naval policy and exploring the technology that supported it. It considers the wars Islamic navies participated in, covers all the areas in which Islamic navies operated, and relates Islamic naval power to wider international power politics. The book highlights in particular the importance of the large Ottoman navy, which influenced and gave a lead to other Islamic naval powers

Cataloging source

ERASA

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography