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Nagato, named for Nagato Province, was a super-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1910s. The lead ship of her class, she carried supplies for the survivors of the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923. The ship was modernized in 1934 36 with improvements to her (...)

The former colony of Spanish Sahara saw frequent outbursts of tribal and ethnic rebellions already while ruled by colonial authorities, in the late 19th and through early 20th Century. Its vastness and distances de-facto dictated the application of air power in response. While most of these (...)

Jean Ducamps, fiammingo di Cambrai, è sicuramente uno degli artisti più misteriosi fra coloro che furono i protagonisti, in ambito naturalistico, della grande stagione romana negli anni del terzo e del quarto decennio del XVII secolo. Sappiamo di lui molte notizie dai biografi e dai documenti (...)

Britain established the world's first aircraft factory in 1909 after the Short brothers met up with the American Wright brothers and struck a deal. The industry expanded rapidly to rise to the challenge of World War One with such thoroughbreds as the Camel and the SE.5. The post-conflict slump (...)

In 1526, the army of the Hungarian kingdom was soundly defeated by the army of the Ottoman sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, in the battle of Mohács. In the following decades the lands that were once part of the Hungarian Crown were divided. On the eastern half of the former Hungarian kingdom a new (...)

This book is the only dedicated study available in English that covers all of the armed factions that took part in the Wars of Religion as well as the whole period of these conflicts. It draws on contemporary French, Spanish and English accounts, as well as the best of more recent scholarship, to (...)

Este catálogo de exposición reúne obras de tres artistas románticos: los noruegos Peder Balke (1804-1887) y Lars Hertervig (1830-1902), y el español Eugenio Lucas Velázquez (1817-1870), ofreciendo un paralelo entre sus respectivos paisajes para mostrar cómo plasmaron sus visiones interiores de la (...)

imagen NOVEDAD EDITORIAL FUNDACIÓN ARQUIA - SEPTIEMBRE 2023 Desde la Fundación Arquia os enviamos nuestra última novedad editorial, esperando que sea de vuestro interés y así lo sea también para vuestras redes. En este caso se trata de una nueva publicación de la colección arquia/tesis. A (...)

Una Vida Inmortal no es ni una novela ni un libro de ciencia ficción, ni siquiera uno de autoayuda. ¿De qué trata entonces? En primer lugar, ¡de usted!, querido lector; de su vida, de sus metas, de sus afanes y de sus ilusiones. Es un libro profundo, en ocasiones enigmático, que estaba destinado, (...)

A detailed study of the Battle of Narva, where Charles XII of Sweden defeated Peter the Great, showcasing new research and tactics.The Battle of Narva, in which Charles XII of Sweden defeated Peter the Great of Russia, occurred during the Great Northern War. Peter the Great's Disastrous Defeat (...)

L'arte, la scienza e la tecnica militare fiorite nel Quattrocento alla corte e nei territori malatestiani, nel periodo di massimo splendore che fu il regno di Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417-1468).La loro città era Rimini, la loro corte una delle più prestigiose del Quattrocento europeo: alla (...)