With the publication at the end of the 19th century of "Influence of power maritime on the history ", Alfred Maham showed that maritime power had been the decisive factor in the domain of the world .His book greatly influenced the policies of the most powerful of the world, collaborating to the arms race prior to the First World War .
Alfred T.Maham was a navigator of the United States Navy and a geopolitical visionary .His work called " Influence of maritime power on history, 1660 - 1783 " contributed to the formation of the modern fleets of the world .
His hypothesis states that terrestrial power without access to the sea was called to decay. Maham argued that a nation able to dominate the sea with its naval power and maintain a merchant marine can exploit the wealth of the world And the author saw England as the best example of that.
The ship of the line Victory, battle of Trafalgar , 1805 .Painting of Constable
Maham supports his theories in the analysis of the European naval wars of the period 1660 - 1783 .In the 17th century the nations that looked involved in the fights for the maritime power were Spain , France , Holland and England .
It is at that moment that the fight between the powers western is unleashed by the dominion of the seas.As an example, give the War of Spanish Succession , from which England emerged as a Mediterranean power, seizing Gibraltar and the port of Mahon .
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