Wars in the Atlantic World
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Gunpowder Weapons on the Ships
The cannon and the musket are, again, especially mounted on these vessels, extraordinary force multiplies. It's often one or two cannon can dissuade hugely powerful and very sophisticated hostile forces from seizing those little outposts like the ones you mention. And then also, the gunpowder weapons on those ships is such an important story. But it was not so important for me to emphasize the limitations of this ta in one huge limitation, as obviously, you need deep water to get a ship with a cannon anywhere near being in striking distance.
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