LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

LIST OF MAPS.
I.Mediterranean Sea[15]
II.English Channel and North Sea[107]
III.Indian Peninsula and Ceylon[257]
IV.North Atlantic Ocean[532]
PLANS OF NAVAL BATTLES.
In these plans, when the capital letters A, B, C, and D are used, allpositions marked by the same capital are simultaneous.
I.Four Days' Battle, 1666[119]
II.Four Days' Battle, 1666[124]
III.Battle of Solebay, 1672[146]
IV.Battle of the Texel, 1673[153]
V.Battle of Stromboli, 1676[161]
Va.Pocock and D'Aché, 1758[161]
VI.Battle of Beachy Head, 1690[183]
VIa.Battle of La Hougue, 1692[183]
VII.Matthews's Action off Toulon, 1744[265]
VIIa.Byng's Action off Minorca, 1756[265]
VIII.Hawke and Conflans, 1759[303]
IX.Battle of Ushant, 1778[351]
X.D'Estaing and Byron, 1779[368]
XI.Rodney and De Guichen, April 17, 1780[378]
XII.Arbuthnot and Destouches, 1781[386]
XIII.Suffren at Porto Praya, 1781[423]
XIV.Suffren and Hughes, February 17, 1782[431]
XV.Suffren and Hughes, April 12, 1782[438]
XVI.Suffren and Hughes, July 6, 1782[447]
XVII.Suffren and Hughes, September 3, 1782[454]
XVIII.Hood and De Grasse, January, 1782[470]
XIX.Hood and De Grasse, January, 1782[472]
XX.Rodney and De Grasse, April 9, 1782[482]
XXI.Rodney's Victory, April 12, 1782[486]