Caxton Pictorial Histories: Victory of Sea Power

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The victory at Trafalgar marked the beginning of nine years of domination by the Royal Navy right across the globe and the policy of defending Britain's ever increasing trade, paid for the war effort and struck back at the dominant military power of France. This volume charts the events of those years, including the gradual take-over of the French Caribbean colonies, the elimination of Dutch power in the East Indies and the successful assault on Copenhagen in 1807. The book is one of a major series which describes the great maritime events of the pre-photographic era from contemporary paintings, prints, drawings, charts and plans, based on the incomparable collections of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich