{"product_id":"six-galleons-for-the-king-of-spain-imperial-defense-in-the-early-seventeenth-century-softshell-books-9780801845130","title":"Six Galleons for the King of Spain Imperial","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sea buffs will love it. This book will interest specialists in Spanish and maritime history and general readers who are interested in the sea. The illustrations and maps are excellent... A systematic exposition of the techniques of Spanish shipbuilding and the costs and problems associated with it, made vivid and immediate by the author's description of the construction, equipping, and financing of the six galleons of the title. History \"Handsomely produced and illustrated... The six galleons built for the king by Martin de Arana in the royal shipyards at Zorozza in the Bilbao estuary were the products of a long and distinguished tradition of Spanish shipbuilding, well summarized by Phillips. Isis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaps and Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eTables\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Challenge and Response\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Spanish Shipbuilding and the Contract of Martin de Arana\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: The Construction of Arana's Sex Galleons\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Reckoniing the Cost\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Preparations fo rthe Indies Fleet of 1629\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Officers and Men\u003cbr\u003eChaper 7: Shipboard Life\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: The Struggle for the Indies, 1629-1635\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: The Struggle of Survival, 1635-1640\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Inventories of the Six Galleons Built by Martin de Arana\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Some Weights, Measures, and Coinage in Use in Seventeenth-Century Spain\u003cbr\u003eAppendix C: Tables\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405185491287,"sku":"9780801845130","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/six-galleons-for-the-king-of-spain-imperial-defense-in-the-early-seventeenth-century-softshell-books-9780801845130","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}