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History of the Union Jack and Flags of the Empire

by Barlow Cumberland

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  1. 1Dedication — Preface to Second Edition
  2. 2Epigraph
  3. 3Notes on Flags
  4. 4Chapter I — Emblems and Flags
  5. 5Chapter II — The Origins of National Flags
  6. 6Chapter III — The Origin of the Jacks
  7. 7Chapter IV — The English Jack
  8. 8Chapter V — The Supremacy of the English Jack
  9. 9Chapter VI — The Scottish Jack
  10. 10Chapter VII — The “Additional” Union Jack of James I.
  11. 11Chapter VIII — The English Jack Restored
  12. 12Chapter IX — The Evolution of the Red Ensign
  13. 13Chapter X — The Sovereignty of the Seas
  14. 14Chapter XI — The Sovereignty of the Seas
  15. 15Chapter XII — The Union Jack of Queen Anne, 1707
  16. 16Chapter XIII — The Two-Crossed Jack in Canada
  17. 17Chapter XIV — The Irish Jack
  18. 18Chapter XV — The Jacks in the Thirteen Colonies of North America
  19. 19Chapter XVI — The Union Flags of the United States
  20. 20Chapter XVII — The Jack and Parliamentary Union in Britain
  21. 21Chapter XVIII — The Jack and Parliamentary Union in Canada
  22. 22Chapter XIX — The Union Jack of George III., 1801
  23. 23Chapter XX — The Lessons of the Crosses
  24. 24Chapter XXI — The Proportions of the Crosses
  25. 25Chapter XXII — Under the Three Crosses in Canada
  26. 26Chapter XXIII — The Flag of Freedom
  27. 27Chapter XXIV — The Flag of Liberty
  28. 28Chapter XXV — The Union Jack as a Single Flag
  29. 29Chapter XXVI — The Jacks in Red, White and Blue Ensigns
  30. 30Chapter XXVII — The Union Ensigns of the British Empire
  31. 31Appendix A
  32. 32Appendix B
  33. 33Appendix C
  34. 34Appendix D — A Record of the “Diamond Anthem.”

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