The Trafalgar Companion: The Complete Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord Nelson

by Mark Adkin

Hardcover, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

940.2745

Publication

Aurum Press Ltd (2005), Edition: First Edition 2nd Impression, Hardcover, 448 pages

Description

The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on October 21, 1805 off Cape Trafalgar on the Spanish coast, between the combined fleets of Spain and France and the Royal Navy. The last great sea action of the period, it established British naval supremacy and ended the threat of French invasion.The Trafalgar Companionnot only chronicles the campaign and the battle itself in unprecedented detail, it also charts Admiral Lord Nelson’s life and career as well as his death at the height of the battle. Providing a wealth of background details on contemporary naval life, seamanship, gunnery, tactics, and much else, the narrative is supplemented by informative sidebars, 200 color illustrations, and stage-by-stage battle diagrams.

Language

Physical description

448 p.; 9.13 x 1.89 inches

ISBN

1845130189 / 9781845130183
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