400 years of naval war history in an exceptionally representative illustrated volume. 26 major naval battles from the period between 1571 and 1944: among others Lepanto 1571, Spanish Armada 1588, Four Days Battle 1658, Sicily 1676, Gibraltar and Malaga 1704, Chesapeake Bay 1781, the Glorious June 1, 1794, Copenhagen 1801, Trafalgar 1805 and Lissa 1811.
