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How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves

by W. H. G. Kingston

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  1. 1Chapter One — Introductory Remarks
  2. 2Chapter Two — Early English Ships (From A.D. 600 to A.D. 1087.)
  3. 3Chapter Three — The Navy in the Days of the Plantagenets — From A.D…
  4. 4Chapter Four — Ships and Commerce to the Reign of Henry the Seventh…
  5. 5Chapter Five — Establishment of the Royal Navy of England — From A.…
  6. 6Chapter Six — Reign of Elizabeth — From A.D. 1558 to A.D. 1603
  7. 7Chapter Seven — James the First — From A.D. 1567 to A.D. 1625
  8. 8Chapter Eight — Charles the First to Termination of Commonwealth —…
  9. 9Chapter Nine — Charles the Second and James the Second — From A.D.…
  10. 10Chapter Ten — A View of Naval Affairs in Charles the Second’s Reign
  11. 11Chapter Eleven — William and Mary — From A.D. 1689 to A.D. 1702
  12. 12Chapter Twelve — Queen Anne — From A.D. 1702 to A.D. 1714
  13. 13Chapter Thirteen — George the First and Second — From A.D. 1714 to…
  14. 14Chapter Fourteen — George the Third — From A.D. 1760 to A.D. 1782
  15. 15Chapter Fifteen — George the Third — From War With Republican Franc…
  16. 16Chapter Sixteen — George the Third — From A.D. 1803 to End of War A…
  17. 17Chapter Seventeen — War With United States of America to War in Syr…
  18. 18Chapter Eighteen — First War With China, and Efforts to Suppress th…
  19. 19Chapter Nineteen — Warfare in the Nineteenth Century — From A.D. 18…
  20. 20Chapter Twenty — The Evolution of the Modern Warship
  21. 21Chapter Twenty One — Modern Engines of War
  22. 22Chapter Twenty Two — The British Navy of To-Day

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