GAMEST SEA FIGHT
OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL 199

JOHN PAUL JONES: THE FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN
NAVY 239

CAPTAIN SILAS TALBOT: STAUNCH PRIVATEERSMAN OF
NEW ENGLAND 283

CAPTAIN "JOSH" BARNEY: THE IRREPRESSIBLE YANKEE 299

ROBERT SURCOUF: THE "SEA HOUND" FROM ST. MALO 319

LAFITTE: PRIVATEER, PIRATE, AND TERROR OF THE
GULF OF MEXICO 341

RAPHAEL SEMMES: DESPOILER OF AMERICAN COMMERCE 373

EL CAPITAN 393

RETROSPECT 397

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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"AGAIN THE CANNON MADE THE SPLINTERS FLY"
(_See page 273_) _Frontispiece_

ZENO'S FLEET 18

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE 28

DRAKE'S GREATEST VICTORY ON THE SPANISH MAIN 44

YOUNG RALEIGH AND A COMPANION LISTENING TO TALES OF
THE SPANISH MAIN 55

SIR WALTER RALEIGH 60

JEAN BART 86

"JEAN BART LED HIS BOARDERS OVER THE SIDE OF THE
DUTCH VESSEL" 108

COMBAT BETWEEN DU GUAY-TROUIN AND VAN WASSENAER 135

"'LEFT US ENGAGED WITH BARBAROUS AND INHUMAN ENEMIES'" 146

"THE BOARDERS WERE REPULSED WITH GREAT SLAUGHTER" 193

ACTION BETWEEN THE "GLORIOSO" AND THE "KING GEORGE"
AND "PRINCE FREDERICK" UNDER GEORGE WALKER 231

AMERICAN PRIVATEER TAKING POSSESSION OF A PRIZE 239

"BEGAN TO HULL THE 'DRAKE' BELOW THE WATER-LINE" 261

"THEY SWARMED INTO THE FORECASTLE AMIDST FIERCE
CHEERS" 277

"TALBOT, HIMSELF, AT THE HEAD OF HIS ENTIRE CREW,
CAME LEAPING ACROSS THE SIDE" 289

AMERICAN PRIVATEER CAPTURING TWO ENGLISH SHIPS 298

"SURCOUF SCANNED HER CAREFULLY THROUGH HIS GLASS" 336

RAPHAEL SEMMES