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Title: Famous Sea Fights
From Salamis to Tsu-Shima

Author: John Richard Hale

Release Date: April 18, 2008 [EBook #25088]

Language: English

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Transcriber's Notes:

Italics have been marked with underscores, like '_this_'.
oe ligature has been changed to 'oe'.
In "trieres" and "Trieres", the 'e' stands for an 'e' with a macron.

Changes:
p.23: "Platea" changed to "Plataea"
p.23: "Leothychides" changed to "Leotychides"
p.27: Footnote 2: "see Chapter XIII" changed to "see Chapter XI"
p.67: "1494" changed to "1396", for the battle of Nicopolis took
place on 25 September, 1396, not in 1494
p.71: "Nicosis" changed to "Nicosia"
p.126: "Reganzona" changed to "Regazona"
p.145: Caption: "Vanderelde" changed to "Vandervelde"
p.152: "ninety two" changed to "ninety-two"
p.162: comma after "off San Domingo" changed to period
p.227 Footnote 18: comma removed after "Worden"
pp.300, 301: "Sevastopol" changed to "Sebastopol"
p.308: "Admiral Seniavine" changed to "Admiral Senyavin"
p.341: "Swir" changed to "Svir" (two times)
p.345: Index: "Bragadino, Ambrosio" changed to "Bragadino,
Ambrogio"
p.348: Index: "Monceda" changed to "Moncada" (admiral of the
galeasses in the armada)
p.349: Index: "Valdes, Diego Flores de, admira" changed to
"Valdes, Diego Flores de, admiral"

[Illustration: THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
From an engraving by W. Miller from the painting by C.
Stanfield, R.A.]

FAMOUS SEA FIGHTS

FROM SALAMIS TO TSU-SHIMA

BY

JOHN RICHARD HALE

WITH THIRTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
AND SEVENTEEN PLANS

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, & COMPANY
1911

INTRODUCTION

Three hundred years ago Francis Bacon wrote, amongst other wise words: "To
be Master of the Sea is an Abridgement of Monarchy.... The B