The British Navy, Rijecka and A.L. Adamic: War and Trade in the Adriatic 1800-25

by Malcolm Scott Hardy

One of the lesser known theatres of operations in the long wars between Great Britain and Napoleon was the Adriatic, where the activities of the British navy played a vital role in controlling and limiting the extension of French power eastwards into the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire; in maintaining access, diplomatic, financial and commercial, to the Austrian Empire; and in preventing the construction of new French battleships in the Venice Arsenal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0953992381
• ISBN13: 9780953992386
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
• Length: 97 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"