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Thisnbsp;Osprey titlenbsp;details the course of one of the most crucial military campaigns of the Renaissance.For much of the 16th century the Mediterranean was a battleground between Christians and Muslims. A decisive battle between two large galley fleets was expected to decide the fate of the entire Mediterranean basin. In August 1571, an Ottoman fleet of some 235 galleys encountered the slightly smaller Christian fleet of the Holy League. In a five hour melee the Christians inflicted a show more decisive defeat on the Turks. Lepanto was the last great galley fight of all time and one of the most decisive naval battles in history. show lessTags
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Originally from the Orkney Islands, Angus Konstam was the curator of arms and armor at the Tower of London and is currently the chief curator of the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, FL, setting up major exhibitions throughout the eastern seaboard of North America. He is the author of Historical Atlas of Exploration for Facts On show more File/Checkmark Books and lives in Key West. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Lepanto 1571: The Greatest Naval Battle of the Renaissance
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- Don John of Austria; Philip II, King of Spain
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- Battle of Lepanto (1571)
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- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
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- 930 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Ancient History: China, Egypt, Rome, Greece
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- DR516 .K66 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Balkan Peninsula History of Balkan Peninsula Turkey History By period 1281/1453-1789. Fall of Constantinople, 1453 1566-1640. Period of decline Cyprian War, 1570-1571. Holy League, 1571
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