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Rudolph Rittmeyer

A retired German rear admiral turned naval historian, he wrote sweeping studies of sea warfare that aimed to place major naval conflicts in a broader world-historical story. His best-known work, Seekriege und Seekriegswesen, reflects both a military insider’s perspective and a deep interest in maritime history.

2 Audiobooks

Seekriege und Seekriegswesen, Zweiter Band in ihrer weltgeschichtlichen Entwicklung. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der grossen Seekriege des XVII. and XVIII. Jahrhunderts.

Seekriege und Seekriegswesen, Zweiter Band in ihrer weltgeschichtlichen Entwicklung. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der grossen Seekriege des XVII. and XVIII. Jahrhunderts.

by Rudolph Rittmeyer

Seekriege und Seekriegswesen, Erster Band in ihrer weltgeschichtlichen Entwicklung. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der grossen Seekriege des XVII. and XVIII. Jahrhunderts.

Seekriege und Seekriegswesen, Erster Band in ihrer weltgeschichtlichen Entwicklung. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der grossen Seekriege des XVII. and XVIII. Jahrhunderts.

by Rudolph Rittmeyer

About the author

Born in Braunschweig on September 27, 1850, and later dying in Hanover on February 28, 1914, Rudolph Rittmeyer was a German naval officer who rose to the rank of rear admiral in the Imperial German Navy.

He is remembered today chiefly for his historical writing rather than for fiction. Project Gutenberg lists his works, including the two-volume Seekriege und Seekriegswesen, a large-scale study of naval warfare and its development across history, with special attention to the great sea wars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

That combination of professional naval experience and historical ambition gives his books their character: they are military history written by someone who knew the sea service from the inside. For listeners interested in classic naval history, his work offers a window into how maritime power was understood in the early twentieth century.