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| Chasing a Slaver off the African Coast. (From a photograph, in the possession of Mr. Edward Trenchard, of the painting by Melbye), [Frontispiece.] |
| Map Showing Captain Porter’s Cruise in the Pacific, 1813, | [5] |
| John Downes. (From an oil-painting at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [11] |
| The Essex and her Prizes at Nukahiva in the Marquesas Islands. (From an engraving by Strickland of a drawing by Captain Porter), | [17] |
| Map of the Harbor in which the Essex and her Prizes lay. (After a drawing by Captain Porter), | [20] |
| A Marquesan War-canoe. (From an engraving by Strickland of a drawing by Captain Porter), | [22] |
| Fight of the Essex with the Phœbe and Cherub. (From an engraving by Strickland of a drawing by Captain Porter), | [37] |
| A Marquesan “Chief Warrior.” (From an engraving by Strickland of a drawing by Captain Porter), | [51] |
| United States Razee Independence at Anchor. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), | [56] |
| Charles Morris. (From a photograph owned by Mr. C. B. Hall), | [57] |
| United States Ship-of-war Columbus at Anchor. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), | [63] |
| Lewis Warrington. (From an engraving by Gimbrede of the painting by Jarvis), | [67] |
| Diagram of the Peacock-Epervier Battle, | [68] |
| The Peacock and the Epervier. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), | [69] |
| The Peacock and the Epervier. (From an engraving by Strickland of a drawing by Birch), | [73] |
| Medal Awarded to Lewis Warrington after the Capture of the Epervier by the Peacock, | [77] |
| Johnston Blakeley. (From an engraving by Gimbrede), | [82] |
| The Wasp and Reindeer. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), | [87] |
| Medal Awarded to Johnston Blakeley after the Capture of the Reindeer by the Wasp, | [90] |
| The Wasp and Avon. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), | [94] |
| Diagram of the Wasp-Avon Battle, | [96] |
| Scene of Naval Operations on Lake Huron, 1814, | [108] |
| The Attack on Fort Oswego, Lake Ontario, May 6, 1814. (From an engraving, published in 1815, by R. Havel, after a drawing of Lieutenant Hewett, Royal Marines), | [118–119] |
| One of the Unlaunched Lake Vessels. (From a photograph), | [130] |
| Near Skenesborough on Lake Champlain. (From an old engraving in the collection of Mr. W. C. Crane), | [133] |
| Thomas Macdonough. (From an engraving by Forrest of the portrait by Jarvis), | [140] |
| Major-general Alexander Macomb. (From an engraving by Longacre of the portrait by Sully), | [146] |
| The Battle of Lake Champlain. (From an old wood-cut), | [155] |
| The Battle of Plattsburg. (From an old wood-cut), | [157] |
| Macdonough’s Victory on Lake Champlain. (From an engraving in the “Naval Monument”), | [159] |
| Battle of Lake Champlain, 1814, | [162] |
| The Battle of Plattsburg. (From an engraving of the picture by Chappel), | [167] |
| Macdonough’s Victory on Lake Champlain. (From an engraving by Tanner of the painting by Reinagle), | [171] |
| Medal Awarded to Thomas Macdonough after his Victory on Lake Champlain, | [182] |
| Stephen Cassin’s Medal, | [183] |
| The General Armstrong at Fayal, | [191] |
| Fight Between the Brig Chasseur and the Schooner St. Lawrence off Havana, February 26, 1815. (From a lithograph in Coggeshall’s “Privateers”), | [205] |
| Commodore Stephen Decatur, | [213] |
| The President Engaging the Endymion, while Pursued by the British Squadron. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), | [219] |
| Capture of the President by a British Squadron. (From a rare lithograph), | [223] |
| Sir Edward Michael Packenham. (From an etching by Rosenthal of a print in the collection of Mr. Clarence S. Bement), | [231] |
| Map Showing Mouths of the Mississippi River, | [234] |
| Charles Stewart. (From a painting by Sully, at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [243] |
| The Constitution’s Escape from the Tenedos and Junon. (From an old wood-cut), | [244] |
| Diagram of the Battle of the Constitution with the Cyane and Levant, | [249] |
| Action of the Constitution with the Cyane and Levant. (From an aquatint by Strickland), | [253] |
| Medal Awarded to Charles Stewart after the Battle of the Constitution with the Cyane and Levant, | [258] |
| Charles Stewart (and the Battle of the Constitution with the Cyane and Levant). (From a lithograph at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [263] |
| The Hornet and Penguin. (From an old wood-cut), | [274] |
| The Hornet and Penguin. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), | [277] |
| Medal Awarded to James Biddle for the Capture of the Penguin by the Hornet, | [280] |
| The Hornet’s Escape from the Cornwallis. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), | [283] |
| Dartmoor Prison. (From a wood-cut of a contemporary engraving), | [294] |
| Dartmoor Prison. (From an old broadside, with notes by one of the prisoners), | [297] |
| Dartmoor Prisoners of 1812. (From a copy of a daguerreotype at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [301] |
| United States Sloop-of-war Albany Under Sail. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), | [328] |
| A Ship-of-war’s Cutter. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), | [330] |
| Lashing up Hammocks. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), | [332] |
| A Ship-of-war’s Launch. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), | [334] |
| Sailor’s Mess-table. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), | [337] |
| A Typical Barbary Corsair. (From an engraving by Newton after a drawing by J. Charnock), | [342] |
| Decatur’s Squadron at Anchor off the City of Algiers, June 30, 1815. (From an engraving by Monger and Jocelin), | [349] |
| Decatur and the Algerian, | [352] |
| Return of Bainbridge’s Squadron from the Mediterranean in 1815. (From an engraving by Leney of a drawing by M. Corné), | [356] |
| The Action at Quallah Battoo, February 6, 1832. (From an aquatint by Smith of a drawing made on board the Potomac in the offing), | [371] |
| Bombardment of Muckie and Landing of a Force to Burn the Town. (From an engraving by Osborne in “The Flagship,” published, 1840, by D. Appleton & Co.), | [377] |
| “Blood is Thicker than Water.”—Josiah Tattnall Going to the Assistance of the English Gun-boats at Peiho River. (From a painting, by a Chinese artist, owned by Mr. Edward Trenchard), | [383] |
| Scene of Naval Operations on the Pacific Coast, | [389] |
| John B. Montgomery. (From a photograph), | [392] |
| R. F. Stockton. (From an engraving by Hall of a painting on ivory by Newton, 1840), | [393] |
| Perry’s Expedition Crossing the Bar at the Mouth of the Tabasco River. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), | [395] |
| The Naval Expedition Under Commodore Perry Ascending the Tabasco River at the Devil’s Bend. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), | [399] |
| S. F. Dupont. (From a photograph), | [402] |
| The Tabasco Expedition Attacked by the Mexicans from the Chapparal. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), | [403] |
| Scene of Naval Operations in Gulf of Mexico, | [406] |
| Landing of Perry’s Expedition Against Tabasco. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), | [407] |
| Commodore Perry’s Expedition Taking Possession of Tuspan. (From a lithograph of a drawing by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), | [411] |
| Matthew Calbraith Perry. (From an oil-painting at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [414] |
| Capture of Tabasco by Perry’s Expedition. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), | [415] |
| Brig-of-war Like the Somers Under Full Sail. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), | [419] |
| The Mississippi Going to the Relief of the Hunter in a Storm off Vera Cruz. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), | [421] |
| Naval Bombardment of Vera Cruz, March, 1847. (From a lithograph published in 1847 by N. Currier), | [425] |
| The United States Naval Battery During the Bombardment of Vera Cruz on the 24th and 25th of March, 1847. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), | [429] |
| The Battle of Vera Cruz.—Night Scene. (From an engraving by Thompson of a drawing by Billings), | [431] |
| The Mississippi in a Cyclone on her Japan Cruise. (From a wood-cut in Perry’s “Narrative” of this trip), | [440] |
| The Mississippi at Jamestown, St. Helena. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), | [441] |
| View of Uraga. Yeddo Bay. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), | [445] |
| A Japanese Junk. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), | [448] |
| Commodore Perry’s First Landing at Gorahama. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative ”), | [451] |
| Commodore Perry Delivering the President’s Letter to the Japanese Representatives. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), | [453] |
| A Japanese Fish-present. (From a wood-cut in Perry’s “Narrative”), | [456] |
| The Imperial Barge at Yokohama. (From a wood-cut in Perry’s “Narrative”), | [457] |
| The Final Page of the First Treaty with Japan. (From a facsimile of the original), | [458] |
| Commodore Perry Meeting the Imperial Commissioners at Yokohama. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), | [459] |
| Japanese Wrestlers at Yokohama. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), | [461] |
| Commodore’s Pennant, 1812–1860. (From a pennant at the Naval Institute, Annapolis), | [464] |
| The United States Brig Porpoise in a Squall. (From a picture drawn and engraved by W. J. Bennett, in 1844), | [465] |
| The United States Frigate Hudson Returning from a Cruise, with a Fair Wind. (From a picture drawn and engraved by W. J. Bennett), | [467] |