How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves

About this eBook

Author

Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880

Title

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

23496

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23496

Release Date

November 15, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves" — Chapter One. — Introductory Remarks. — Ships of the Ancients. — Nautical Customs derived from the Ancients. — Chapter Two. — Early English Ships (from A.D. 600 to A.D. 1087.) — Chapter Three. — The Navy in the days of the Plantagenets—from A.D. 1087 to A.D. 1327. — Chapter Four. — Ships and Commerce to the reign of Henry the Seventh—from A.D. 1327 to A.D. 1509. — Chapter Five. — Establishment of the Royal Navy of England—from A.D. 1509 to A.D. 1558. — Chapter Six. — Reign of Elizabeth—from A.D. 1558 to A.D. 1603. — Chapter Seven. — James the First—from A.D. 1567 to A.D. 1625. — Chapter Eight. — Charles the First to Termination of Commonwealth—A.D. 1625 to A.D. 1660. — The Commonwealth. — Chapter Nine. — Charles the Second and James the Second—from A.D. 1660 to A.D. 1689. — James the Second. — Chapter Ten. — A View of Naval affairs in Charles the Second’s Reign. — Chapter Eleven. — William and Mary—from A.D. 1689 to A.D. 1702. — Chapter Twelve. — Queen Anne—from A.D. 1702 to A.D. 1714. — Chapter Thirteen. — George the First and Second—from A.D. 1714 to A.D. 1760. — George the Second. — Chapter Fourteen. — George the Third—from A.D. 1760 to A.D. 1782. — Chapter Fifteen. — George the Third—from War with Republican France, A.D. 1792, to end of A.D. 1802. — Chapter Sixteen. — George the Third—from A.D. 1803 to end of war A.D. 1814. — Chapter Seventeen. — War with United States of America to war in Syria—from A.D. 1811 to A.D. 1840. — First War with Burmah—1826. — The Second Burmese War—1851-52. — Battle of Navarino—1827. — Warfare in Syria with Mahomet Ali. — Chapter Eighteen. — First War with China, and efforts to suppress the Slave-Trade—A.D. 1840. — African Coast Blockade. — Dhow chasing on the East Coast of Africa. — Expedition up the Niger. — Chapter Nineteen. — Warfare in the Nineteenth Century—from A.D. 1845 to A.D. 1900. — Captain Loch’s expedition up the Saint Juan De Nicaragua. — Attacks on Pirates. — War with China—1856. — Russian War—1854-55. — Operations in the Baltic. — Chapter Twenty. — The Evolution of the Modern Warship. — Chapter Twenty One. — Modern Engines of War. — Chapter Twenty Two. — The British Navy of to-day.

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