1660-1783PREFACE.A. T. MAHAN, D.C.L., LL.D.
Author of "The Influence of Sea Power upon the French
Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812," etc.

TWELFTH EDITION
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY
Copyright, 1890,
By Captain A. T. Mahan.
Copyright, 1918,
By Ellen Lyle Mahan.
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