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Charts of War book
£30.00
98237 Charts of War book, £30.00
A fascinating account of the role that charts have played in planning, preventing, conducting and recording war at sea, running in chronological order from ancient history right up to the first Gulf War.
The main focus is on the development of chartmaking and surveying in relation to changing warfare techniques - information was, quite literally, power - and includes such treasures as "the singeing of the King of Spain's beard" (Francis Drake's attack on Cadiz) and the operational chart drawn up before the D-day landings at Omaha beach.
160 pages, colour, hardback.
The main focus is on the development of chartmaking and surveying in relation to changing warfare techniques - information was, quite literally, power - and includes such treasures as "the singeing of the King of Spain's beard" (Francis Drake's attack on Cadiz) and the operational chart drawn up before the D-day landings at Omaha beach.
160 pages, colour, hardback.
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