Age of Sail II: Privateer's Bounty

Age of Sail II: Privateer's Bounty

During the 18th and 19th centuries, naval warfare evolved into a military institution. It was a time when heroic deeds, magnificent daring, and expanded technology influenced naval warfare. Tactics improved dramatically, and sea battles involved faster and more powerful ships designed from the hull to the mizzenmast with a myriad of technological innovations and advances. Navies that used more maneuverable frigates, fast paddleboats, submersible craft, larger cannons, short range cannonades, improved ball and shot, impregnable hulls, fleet tactics, and professional seamen and marines often ruled the seas. Naval prowess became so important that maritime policy often influenced a nation's warmaking capability. The bellicosity often displayed during this period became the stuff of legends. Read More »