British Flags, their Early History, and their Development at Sea
by William Gordon Perrin
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About this eBook
- Author
- Perrin, William Gordon, 1874-
- Title
- British Flags: Their Early History, and Their Development at Sea With an Account of the Origin of the Flag as a National Device
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- CR: History: Heraldry
- Subject
- Flags -- Great Britain
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 46370
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46370
- Release Date
- July 22, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.BRITISH FLAGS
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.Chapter I — The Origin of the Flag and its Development up to the end of the Thirteenth Century — FOOTNOTES:
- 6.Chapter II — Early English, Scottish, and Irish Flags — (i) ENGLAND — (ii) SCOTLAND — (iii) IRELAND — FOOTNOTES:
- 7.Chapter III — The Union Flags and Jacks — FOOTNOTES:
- 8.Chapter IV — Flags of Command — (i) THE ROYAL STANDARD — (ii) THE ADMIRALTY FLAG — (iii) ADMIRALS' FLAGS — (iv) PENDANTS OF COMMAND — FOOTNOTES:
- 9.Chapter V — Colours of Distinction — (i) PUBLIC SHIPS OF WAR — (ii) PRIVATE MEN-OF-WAR — (iii) PUBLIC SHIPS FOR USES OTHER THAN WAR — (iv) MERCHANT SHIPS — (v) PLEASURE CRAFT — FOOTNOTES:
- 10.Chapter VI — Flag Signals — (i) EARLY SIGNALS — (ii) THE FIRST ENGLISH CODES [376] — (iii) THE INVENTION OF NUMERARY SIGNALS — (iv) THE VOCABULARY SIGNAL BOOK — (v) COMMERCIAL CODES — FOOTNOTES:
- 11.Chapter VII — Ceremonial and other Usages — FOOTNOTES:
- 12.INDEX
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