Naval Battles, Ancient and Modern
Philadelphia, PA / Chicago, IL: J.C. McCurdy & Co., 1883. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2322882
First edition. Boards stained and rubbed.
718 pp. Navy blue cloth boards, decorative endpapers. Engraved plates and illustrations throughout. CONTENTS: Introduction; Salamis, B.C. 480; Naval Battle at Syracuse, B.C. 415; Romans and Carthaginians; Actium, B.C. 31; Lepanto, A.D. 1571; The Invincible Armada, A.D. 1588; Some Naval Events of Elizabeth's Time, Succeedng the Armada; Naval Actions of the War Between England and Holland, A.D. 1652-3; French and Dutch in the Mediterranean, A.D. 1676; Battle of Cape La Hague, A.D. 1692; Benbow, A.D. 1702; Byng and La Galissoniere, A.D. 1756; Sir Edward Hawke and Conflans, A.D. 1759; Serapis and Bonhomme Richard, A.D. 1779; De Grasse and Rodney, A.D. 1782; Lord Howe and the French Fleet, June 1, A.D. 1794; Battle of Cape St. Vincent, A.D. 1797; English Fleet in Canary Islands, A.D. 1797; Battle of Camperdown, 11th October, A.D. 1797; Battle of the Nile, 1st August, 1798; Leander and Genereux, 16th August, A.D. 1798; Action Between the Ambuscade and Bayonnaise, A.D. 1798; Sir Sidney Smith and His Seamen at Acre, A.D. 1799; Foudroyant and Consorts in Action with the Guillaume Tell, A.D. 1800; Naval Operations at Aboukir Bay and Capture of Alexandria, A.D. 1801; The Cutting Out of the Chevrette, July, A.D. 1801; Boat Attack Upon the French Flotilla at Boulogne, A.D. 1801; Copenhagen, A.D. 1801; Trafalgar, October, 21st. A.D. 1805; Wasp and Frolic, A.D. 1812; Constitution, A.D. 1812; Lake Erie, 10th September, A.D. 1813; Essex, Phoebe and Cherub; Battle of Lake Champlain, September 11th, A.D. 1814; The Constitution in Action with the Cyane and Levant, A.D. 1815; Lord Exmouth at Algiers, A.D. 1816; Navarino, A.D. 1827; Sinope, A.D. 1853; Lissa, A.D. 1866; Monitor and Merrimac, March 9th, A.D. 1862; Farragut at New Orleans; Atlanta and Weehawken, June 17th, A.D. 1863; Kearsarge and Alabama, June 19th, A.D. 1864; Mobile Bay, August 5th, A.D. 1864; Cushing and the Albemarle, October, A.D. 1864; Fort Fisher, December, A.D. 1864, January A.D. 1865; Some Naval Actions Between Brazil, the Argentine Confederation and Paraguay, A.D. 1865-68; The Capture of the Huascar, October 8th, A.D. 1879; Bombardment of Alexandria, July 11th, A.D. 1882.
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