Six Galleons for the King of Spain

Imperial Defense in the Early Seventeenth Century
Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-0-8018-4513-0
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 634 g

In 1625, Martin de Arana built six Atlantic warships for the Spanish crown. The author traces the ships from their construction through a decade of service, incorporating a history of Spain's Golden Age. This book was awarded the Spain and America in Quincentennial Year of Discovery prize.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Phillips, Carla Rahn

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Schifffahrt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Maps and Illustrations
Tables

Preface
Chapter 1: Challenge and Response
Chapter 2: Spanish Shipbuilding and the Contract of Martin de Arana
Chapter 3: The Construction of Arana's Sex Galleons
Chapter 4: Reckoniing the Cost
Chapter 5: Preparations fo rthe Indies Fleet of 1629
Chapter 6: Officers and Men
Chaper 7: Shipboard Life
Chapter 8: The Struggle for the Indies, 1629-1635
Chapter 9: The Struggle of Survival, 1635-1640

Appendix A: Inventories of the Six Galleons Built by Martin de Arana
Appendix B: Some Weights, Measures, and Coinage in Use in Seventeenth-Century Spain
Appendix C: Tables
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Phillips, Carla Rahn
Carla Rahn Phillips is the Union Pacific Professor in Comparative Early Modern History at the University of Minnesota. She has published two award-winning books with Johns Hopkins, Six Galleons for the King of Spain: Imperial Defense in the Early Seventeenth Century and, with William D. Phillips, Jr., Spain's Golden Fleece: Wool Production and the Wool Trade from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century.

Carla Rahn Phillips is an adjunct member of the History Department at the University of Texas, Austin. She has published two award-winning books with Johns Hopkins, Six Galleons for the King of Spain: Imperial Defense in the Early Seventeenth Century and, with William D. Phillips, Jr., Spain's Golden Fleece: Wool Production and Wool Trade from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century.