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