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Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World

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Historian Dan Snow charts the defining role the Royal Navy played in Britain's struggle for modernity

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Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World - Heart of Oak

Dan Snow charts the role the Royal Navy played in Britain's development. How victory over the Armada transformed impoverished England into a powerful seafaring nation.

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Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World - High Tide

Dan Snow presents a series on the Royal Navy's role in British history. Dan looks at the evolution of Nelson's Navy and the national enterprise which supported it.

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Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World - Sea Change

In the last of this four-part series, historian Dan Snow looks at Britain's 19th-century Navy, which used 'gunboat diplomacy' to push British interests further afield.

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Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World - The Golden Ocean

Dan Snow presents a series on the Royal Navy's role in British history. How England came out of military and economic disaster to achieve global supremacy.

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