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THE BOOK OF BRITISH VICTORIES No. 1 - EXPLOITS ON THE SEA

by Sydney Walton

Published by The Syndicate Publishing Co.. Circa. 1914

Almost very good condition. Title on front is: 1588 to 1914 Album-Atlas of British Victories on the Sea "Wooden Walls to Super-Dreadnoughts". Paper covered boards, Cloth spine. Maps of british victories from 1588 (Spanish Armada) to 1855 (wars with Russia). B/w photos and illustrations. 31 pages including inside rear cover.

Boards discoloured, rubbed at edges. Two names in pencil to inside front cover 'Signatures of the Brave'. Binding is a little loose with small tear to rear gutter edge of spine. Contents lightly browned with minor foxing.

Stock no. 1823578

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Contents

  • SOME OF THE CONTENTS
  • Sovereignty of the Seas: The Undying Story
  • Spanish Armada
  • Wars with Spain
  • Wars with Dutch
  • Special Map of Europe, with Portraits of HM King George V, President Poincare and Czar Nicholas II and the Flags of the Allies printed in Colours
  • The Kaiser's Europe
  • Wars with France
  • The Glorious First of June
  • Wars with France, Spain and Holland
  • Britain's Sea-strength in Silhouette
  • Napoleonic Wars
  • Trafalgar's Famous Signal, Explanatory Flags
  • How to Join the Great Sea Service
  • Victorian Naval Engagements
  • Wars with Russia
  • Admiral Jellicoe's Flagship and North Sea Fighting
  • King Edward VII and George V on board the "Dreadnought"
  • A British Bluejacket at the Gun's Mouth
  • Makers of the Modern Navy
  • Navies of the World
  • Mines, Minelayers, Submarines and Seaplanes

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