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  • Facing the Sea: Essays in Swedish Maritime Studies

    Havet har flera ansikten. Ofta rofyllt och välkomnande, men också våldsamt och dödsbringande. I årtusenden har havet varit en scen för liv, handel och krig och misslyckanden.I Facing the Sea får vi ta del av svenska erfarenheter av havet. Vi får läsa om smugglare från Åland, brittiska kapare som beslagtar svenska skepp och marinofficerare som kämpar för flaggans heder. Vi ser också vad en ... Leer más

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  • Stormaktsskärgård : Marin landskapshistoria utmed farlederna mot Stockholm

    Under 1600-talet utvecklades Sverige till en militär stormakt samtidigt som internationella kontakter och handelsutbyte vitaliserades. I stormaktens mitt, omgärdat av tusentals svårnavigerade öar, skär och lömska undervattensgrynnor låg Stockholm. Härifrån administrerades landets moderniserade och effektiviserade förvaltning av skatter och tullar för de skepp som utgjorde kontakterna med utlandet. ... Leer más

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  • Riksäpplet : arkeologiska perspektiv på ett bortglömt regalskepp

    Den 5 juni 1676, fem dagar efter att regalskeppen Kronan och Svärdet förlist under slaget vid Öland, kom även Riksäpplet på drift och sjönk vid Dalarö skans. Händelsen har fått en undanskymd roll i historieböckerna vilket även spillt över på hur vraket hanterats. Trots att det ligger lättillgängligt i Stockholms skärgård har vraket aldrig blivit föremål för mer ingående arkeologiska studier. I ... Leer más

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  • Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850

    Series series Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800
    Nearly 400 years have passed since the naval ship Vasa sank in Stockholm in 1628, and more than sixty years since its salvage in 1961. Today, Vasa stands as an iconic symbol – a ship, a shipwreck, a museum, and a unique manifestation of the material culture of Sweden’s early modern navy. But Vasa is not the only Swedish naval vessel of its time. Sweden’s naval records reveal nearly 900 other ships ... Leer más

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  • The Vikings and Their Enemies

    Warfare in Northern Europe, 750?1100

    de Philip Line ...
    A fresh account of some of history's greatest warriors.The Vikings had an extraordinary and far-reaching historical impact. From the eighth to the eleventh centuries, they ranged across Europe-raiding, exploring, colonizing-and their presence was felt as far away as Russia and Byzantium. They are most famous as warriors, yet perhaps their talent for warfare is too little understood. Philip Line, ... Leer más

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  • The Vikings

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  • The Vikings

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