CONTENTS

BOOK I
THE ROWING AGE

WHEN SOLDIERS FOUGHT ROWBOAT BATTLES BESIDE THE SHORES
OF THE OLD WORLD

From the Beginning of War on the Water to King Henry VIII's
First Promise of a Sailing Fleet
1545

CHAPTER
I [THE VERY BEGINNING OF SEA-POWER
(10,000 years and more B.C.)]
II [THE FIRST FAR WEST (The last 5,000 years B.C.)]
III [EAST AGAINST WEST (480 B. C.-146 B.C.)]
IV [CELTIC BRITAIN UNDER ROME (55 B.C.-410 A.D.)]
V [THE HARDY NORSEMAN (449-1066)]
VI [THE IMPERIAL NORMAN (1066-1451)]
VII [KING OF THE ENGLISH ERA (1545)]

BOOK II
THE SAILING AGE

WHEN SAILORS FOUGHT ON EVERY OCEAN AND THE ROYAL NAVY
OF THE MOTHER COUNTRY WON THE BRITISH COMMAND
OF THE SEA BOTH IN THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW

DRAKE TO NELSON
1585-1805

PART I—THE SPANISH WAR

VIII [OLD SPAIN AND NEW (1492-1571)]
IX [THE ENGLISH SEA-DOGS (1545-1580)]
X [THE SPANISH ARMADA (1588)]

PART II—THE DUTCH WAR

XI [THE FIRST DUTCH WAR (1623-1653)]
XII [THE SECOND AND THIRD DUTCH WARS (1665-1673)]

PART III—THE FRENCH WAR

XIII [THE FIRST WAR AGAINST LOUIS XIV (1689-1697)]
XIV [THE SECOND WAR AGAINST LOUIS XIV (1702-1713)]
XV [WAR AGAINST FRANCE AND SPAIN (1739-1748)]
XVI [PITT'S IMPERIAL WAR (1756-1763)]
XVII [THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1775-1783)]
XVIII [NELSON (1798-1805)]
XIX ["1812"]

BOOK III
THE AGE OF STEAM AND STEEL

WHEN THE BRITISH COMMAND OF THE SEA SAVED THE WORLD
FROM GERMAN SLAVERY IN THE GREATEST OF ALL WARS

1914-1918

PART I—A CENTURY OF CHANGE (1814-1914)

XX [A CENTURY OF BRITISH-FRENCH-AMERICAN PEACE (1815-1914)]
XXI [A CENTURY OF MINOR BRITISH WARS (1815-1914)]

PART II—THE GREAT WAR (1914-1918)

XXII [THE HANDY MAN]
XXIII [FIFTY YEARS OF WARNING (1864-1914)]
XXIV [WAR (1914-1915)]
XXV [JUTLAND (1916)]
XXVI [SUBMARINING (1917-1918)]
XXVII [SURRENDER! (1918)]
XXVIII [WELL DONE!]
[POSTSCRIPT THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS]

[Transcriber's note: The following two errata items have been applied to this e-book.]

ERRATA

Page XIII. For "Henry VII's" read "Henry VIII's."

Page 254. L. 20 for "facing the Germans" read "away from Scheer,"