The British battle fleet, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Fred T. Jane
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back [1915]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- THE BRITISH BATTLE FLEET
- PREFACE
- PREFACE TO NEW EDITION
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE BRITISH BATTLE FLEET. I. THE BIRTH OF BRITISH NAVAL POWER.
- II. THE NORMAN AND PLANTAGENET ERAS.
- III. THE TUDOR PERIOD AND BIRTH OF A REGULAR NAVY.
- IV. THE PERIOD OF THE DUTCH WARS.
- THE CIVIL WAR.
- THE FIRST DUTCH WAR.
- THE SECOND DUTCH WAR.
- THE THIRD DUTCH WAR.
- V. THE EARLY FRENCH WARS.
- WAR OF THE SUCCESSION.
- VI. THE GREAT FRENCH WAR.
- VII. FROM THE PEACE OF AMIENS TO THE FINAL FALL OF NAPOLEON.
- VIII. GENERAL MATTERS IN THE PERIOD OF THE FRENCH WARS.
- FLAGS.
- IX. THE BIRTH OF MODERN WARSHIP IDEAS.
- X. THE COMING OF THE IRONCLAD.
- XI. THE REED ERA.
- GUNS IN THE ERA.
- UNARMOURED SHIPS OF THE ERA.
- A SHORT GLOSSARY OF COMMON NAVAL TERMS.
- FOOTNOTES
- Index.
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