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THE EVOLUTION OF
NAVAL ARMAMENT

A SIXTY-GUN SHIP OF LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

From John Smith’s Sea-Man’s Grammar (1694 edition)

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THE EVOLUTION OF
NAVAL ARMAMENT

BY
FREDERICK LESLIE ROBERTSON
ENGINEER COMMANDER, ROYAL NAVY

WITH EIGHT HALF-TONE PLATES AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS