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Invincible Battleship of Blood and Gold——sail Ship and Maritime War
Speaking of the Spanish Navy in history, perhaps the most common and direct impression left on future generations is the Armada that was defeated in the Battle of Graflin in 1588. The average military history fan's understanding of the Spanish Navy may only stop here (or the Spanish-American War that broke out in 1898). This book will attempt to focus on the history of the Spanish Navy in the Age of Sail after the Armada. This book may be the first book in China that provides an in-depth analysi
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Encyclopedia of Ironclads and Pre-Dreadnoughts
After entering the 19th century, as steam engines were used in the navy, wooden sail battleships were gradually replaced by steam battleships covered with iron armor. The commissioning of the French "Glorious" in 1860 marked the birth of the ironclad ship. The development of ironclads was full of twists and turns. From battleships with broadside gunports like sail battleships, to battleships with gun rooms in the waist, and then to turret-type battleships with centerline layout in the late 1880s
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