Battles with the SeaIt ought to be known to all English boys that there is a terrible and costly war in which the British nation is at all times engaged....
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The Hero of the Humber; Or, The History of the Late Mr. John EllerthorpeTO THE SECOND EDITION. Mr. Gladstone, in a recent lecture thus defines a hero: quoting Latham's definition...
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. - 1866. Fourth edition.Officers are requested to communicate to the Bureau of Ordnance any suggestions relative to future additions or corrections, with the...
The Navy as a Fighting Machine What is the navy for? Of what parts should it be composed? What principles should be followed in designing, preparing, and operating it in...
Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 - Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX.The inaccessibility of the official Fighting Instructions from time to time issued to the fleet has long been a...
The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future Whatever interest may be possessed by a collection of detached papers, issued at considerable intervals during a term of several...
American Merchant Ships and SailorsIn an earlier series of books the present writer told the story of the high achievements of the men of the United States Navy, from the...
Some Principles of Maritime StrategyAt first sight nothing can appear more unpractical, less promising of useful result, than to approach the study of war with a theory. There seems indeed...
Knots, Splices and Rope Work - A Practical Treatise Giving Complete and Simple Directions for Making All the Most Useful and Ornamental Knots in Common Use, with Chapters on Splicing,...
Diario histórico de la rebelion y guerra de los pueblos Guaranis situados en la costa oriental del Rio Uruguay, del año de 1754 Los esfuerzos combinados de dos grandes potencias...
Sea-Power and Other StudiesThe essays collected in this volume are republished in the hope that they may be of some use to those who are interested in naval history. The...
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Ebook Number: 7874 Author: Conrad, Joseph Release Date: Apr 1, 2005 Format: eBook Language: English
Lord Jim When this novel first appeared in book form a notion got about that I had been bolted away with. Some reviewers maintained that the work starting as a...
Notes By the Way in a Sailor's Life In 1898 I was in Hongkong on a business affair which gave me much leisure, when Murray Bain, editor of the China...
The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailors The story of American ships and sailors is an epic of blue water which seems singularly remote, almost unreal,...