Warships of the ancient world : 3000-500 BC /
Adrian K. Wood ; illustrated by Giuseppe Rava.
- Oxford ; Long Island City, NY : Osprey Publishing, 2012.
- 48 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
- New vanguard ; 196 .
- New vanguard. .
The world's first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated. A wide variety of galleys and other types of warships were built by successive civilisations, each with their own distinctive appearance, capability and utility.
9781849089784 1849089787
84690 TVG
2012533319
GBB2A5746 bnb
016192084 Uk
Warships--History. Navires de guerre--Histoire. Warships.