Флот / Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521–1580

Название: Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521–1580
Автор: Roger Crowley
Издательство: Faber & Faber
Год: 2009
Страниц: 344
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 56 MB

In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, despatched an invasion fleet to the island of Rhodes. This was the opening shot in an epic struggle between rival empires and faiths, and the ensuing battle for control of the Mediterranean would last sixty years.