Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuvandudzwa kwezvikepe zvakakura, zvinotyairwa nemasaisai zvinotakura zvombo zvakatungamirira kukuwedzera nokukurumidza kwemauto ehondo eEurope, zvikurukuru mauto ehondo eSpanish nePortugal ayo akatonga muzana remakore rechi16 uye kutanga kwezana remakore rechi17, uye akabatsira kutungamirira nguva yokuongorora uye yekolonialism. Kurambwa kweArmada yeSpanish (1588) nechikepe cheEngland kwakashandura hondo dzegungwa nekubudirira kwepfuti-chete zano uye kwakakonzera kugadziriswa kukuru kweSpanish Navy, muchidimbu nemitsara yeChirungu, iyo yakaguma nekutonga kukuru kweSpanish. Kubvira pakuvamba kwezana ramakore rechi 17 vaDutch vakaparadza Umambo hwePortugal kumabvazuva uye, noupfumi hukuru hwakawanikwa, vakadenha kutonga kweSpain mugungwa. Kubvira muma1620, vapambi vokuNetherlands vakakanganisa zvikuru ngarava dzeSpain uye, pashure pehondo dzinoverengeka dzaienda kumativi ose, Mauto eHolland pakupedzisira akatyora kutonga kwenguva refu kweSpanish Navy muGungwa reMediterranean.
Hondo yeDowns (1639). England yakabuda sesimba guru rengarava pakati pezana ramakore rechi 17 muhondo yokutanga yeAnglo-Dutch nekukunda kwounyanzvi. Kukunda kwakatevedzana kweDutch muHondo yechipiri neyechitatu yeAnglo-Dutch kwakasimbisa kutonga kweDutch pamusoro pemakungwa panguva yeDutch Golden Age, yakabhadharwa nekuwedzera kweHurumende yeDutch. Mauto ehondo eFrance akawana kukunda kwakakosha pedyo nekupera kwezana ramakore rechi 17 asi kutarisa kune mauto epasi kwakatungamira kuregeredzwa kweFrance Navy, izvo zvakatendera Royal Navy kuti ibude nehukuru hunogara huchiwedzera muhukuru uye mhando, kunyanya mumatanho uye ruzivo kubva muna 1695. Mukupindura pesvedzero yomugungwa inokura yamakungwa avaPutukezi, mambo wehondo wavaMaratha, Shivaji akaisa hwaro hwehondo yamaMaratha muna 1654.