Well, this topic is a year and a half old, but someone may have some of the same questions, so here goes...
1) That is discussed on the home page, but according to someone looking at the game information the requirements for carronades are: at least 81 luck, at least 901 economy and industry and that is for a "chance" to get carronades. It seems that the better your luck is the better your chance of being offered the carronades will be. Right after choosing "guns" you will get a different message than normal, if you don't get the message then you won't be able to get the special guns. Cancel and select guns again, until you get the special message.
2) The short answer is that you have to defeat them in battle and then find them in a port to recruit them. They may get another fleet before you can recruit them, so you have to try again.
3) You can only buy the celestial navigation, gunnery, and cartography skills. Ali is the only playable character that can end with all the skills. You can get the cartography skills from a few locations, but the gunnery skill is only learned in Hamburg and the celestial navigation is only learned in Naples. You will of course need to meet the minimum requirements for the skills. They will tell you if you need to raise a certain skill.
4) You can improve courage when battling, but it isn't assured. In fact, all your visible stats (except charm) can improve from battle experience.
5) That is the best route, at least for most of the game. One of the people in port may inform you of this, but there are other good routes.
6) When a fleet is defeated for the first time that fleet is replaced by a bigger and better fleet. The new ships will be of a similar type, but bigger. If you defeat a fleet with Flemish Galleons the fleet will have Venetian Galeass in the replacement fleet. If the fleet already has Venetian Galeass then it will have ten of them the next time. That is a good and easy way to get your own fleet of Venetian Galeass if you are good with duels.
7) The best way to weaken a country is to invest in their ports and leave them with only their home port. If you do that they may send battle fleets after you. If you get to the point where you are allied with most of the ports then you will see some strange fleets.
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