From the Gunpowder Technology to Private Expeditions
From the Gunpowder Technology to Private Expeditions
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United States: Princeton University Press
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The tournament in western Europe drove rulers to spend heavily on the gunpowder technology, and ultimately it won them supremacy in its use. But how did this lavish government spending and the technological lead end up translating into conquest?
Most early conquerors, after all, were private adventurers, not generals or admirals. They typically...
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From the Gunpowder Technology to Private Expeditions
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TN_cdi_proquest_ebookcentralchapters_1980089_9_163
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_ebookcentralchapters_1980089_9_163
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0691139709,9780691139708
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10.1515/9781400865840-005
