Volume 1

The royal navy : a history from the earliest times to the present / by Wm. Laird Clowes. Assisted by Sir Clements Markham, Captain A.T. Mahan, U.S.N., H.W. Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, etc.

  • William Laird Clowes
Date:
1897-1903
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Credit: The royal navy : a history from the earliest times to the present / by Wm. Laird Clowes. Assisted by Sir Clements Markham, Captain A.T. Mahan, U.S.N., H.W. Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, etc. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Capture of Don Pedro de Valdes .... To fair 5()(S The Armada re-engaged, July 23rd, 1588 . . ,, 570 Engagement off the Isle of Wight. . . . ,, 572 The Armada chased towards Calais. . . . ,, 574 The Armada dislodged by Fireships. . . . ,, 57G The “San Lorenzo” aground . . . . . ,, 578 illustrations in the TEN1\ [The illnsfraiions marked thus Oyarc taken from ‘A Naval Expositor' hi/ Thomas Itilnj Blanekldj ; with engravings hij Paul Fourdrinier. London, i<50.] Initial Letter from Lediard’s ‘Naval History’ . . . 1 A Roman Galley (later'period) ....... 8 The Gokstad Ship : details (5 cats) ...... 20 The Gokstad Ship : carving on oar . . . . . . 22 ^ Ship’s Watch-Bell ......... 23 Roman Liburnus, or galley with one tier of oars . . . 25 1 Moorings . . . . . ' . . . . .54 1 Creeper. . . . . . . . . . .71 Norman War-vessel : eleventh century . . . . .72 The “Mora” 77 Misleading Effigy of a Ship {From Jal) . . . . .83 1 Hanging Compass ......... 84 Harold’s Ship .......... 85 1 Bilboes ........... 92 ^ Pinnace ........... 98 Galley : fourteenth century . . . . . . .143 Gold Noble of Edward III. . . . . . . .145 Primitive Wire-wound Gun . . . . . . .148 Seal of Lyme Regis. . . . . . . . .155 Seal of Southampton . . ..... 155 Seal of the Barons of Dover . . . . . . .156 Ancient Guns and Shot . . . . . . . .158 Ancient Dividers or Compasses . . . . . .158 ^Double Iron-bound Blocks . . . . . . .159 1 Careening Hulk . . . . . . . . . 161 Chart of the Strait of Dover. . . . . . .188
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