I was recently in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and saw a massive trophy - a wooden sort of coat-of-arms that once belonged to a British flagship that was captured by the Dutch and hauled into port - and wanted to learn more on the Anglo-Dutch Wars. I don't quite know where to jump in, however.
Does anyone have a book to recommend on the topic?
The trophy you have seen was from the HMS Royal Charles captured in the raid on Chatham.
In the wikipedia article about this these books are used as literature.