“The harbor of Porto Farina was regarded as impregnable. The entrance was narrow and the shores lined with castles and batteries. As Blake foresaw, the wind that took him in would roll the battle smoke upon the enemy. In a short time he had silenced the fire of the forts and then sent boarding parties against the Tunisian ships, which were speedily taken and burnt.”
Stevens and Westcott’s definitive history of world sea power, from the Phoenician triremes of 1200 B. C. to the current United Nations-Japanese conflict in the South Pacific. By two of America's outstanding authorities on naval wartare.
Author: William Oliver Stevens and Allan Westcott
Title: A History of Sea Power
Edition: Revised Edition
Published: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1954
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 467p
Condition: Fair condition dust jacket with heavy edge wear, toning and chipping—in new protector. Boards and spine clean with bumping to corners, edge wear, and crushing at spine ends. Gilt strong. Binding solid and square. Pages tanned.
Comments: Scarce copy
