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Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World

Series 1

Episode 2: The Golden Ocean

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

In a series on the Royal Navy's role in British history, Dan Snow shows how the country came out of military and economic disaster to achieve global supremacy. Show more

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