What Happens on the Water Matters?

The world's greatest maritime history. Why does what happens on the water matter? Lets let us go before they mention the railroad, motor car and and aeroplanes. The dutch navy was very much a talent based service,. A navy's that insist, as louis the fourteenth did, on 16 quarterings of nobility never work. Because if you've got 16 quarterings, you've probably got a large landed estate - which is far more interesting than going to sea an getting wet and miserable.