Название: Osprey New Vanguard 63 - Fighting Ships of the Far East (2) Japan and Korea 612-1639
Автор: Stephen Turnbull
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 48
Размер: 3,9 МБ
Язык: Английский
Over the centuries, naval relations between Japan and Korea appear to have alternated between peaceful trade and outright hostility. However, this impression can be misleading, as much of what passed for mercantile activity was in fact conducted by Japanese pirate fleets, who pillaged the coasts of Korea and China in a long-lasting tradition that culminated in the greatest pirate raid of all: Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea in 1592.