British sailing fleet. Ships Lord of the Seas of the XVI-XIX centuries

The sea is the only empire that can belong to us naturally " - this is exactly what was thought in Britain of the 17th century. Indeed, the Royal Navy (royal fleet) became a truly national property of foggy Albion, the era of his victories created the British empire, which won the status of the mistress of the seas, and in the famous patriotic song, Pravs, Britain, seas! With the help of the best (and expensive) in the world of the fleet, London was able to secure the primacy in colonial trade, to balance the claims of the continental powers in world geopolitics. It was the Navy who not only sent the Spanish invincible armada to the bottom of the La-Channel in 1588, but also gave the British the opportunity to dominate international trade, take the colonies from his rivals and seize new ones.
This book is the first review of the development of the ship"s fleet in Russian literature from the beginning of the XVI to the middle of the 19th century. This work will tell the reader about almost two