How Britannia
章节目录
共 60 题- Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
- CHAPTER ONE.
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
- SHIPS OF THE ANCIENTS.
- NAUTICAL CUSTOMS DERIVED FROM THE ANCIENTS.
- CHAPTER TWO.
- EARLY ENGLISH SHIPS (FROM A.D. 600 TO A.D. 1087.)
- CHAPTER THREE.
- THE NAVY IN THE DAYS OF THE PLANTAGENETS--FROM A.D. 1087 TO A.D. 1327.
- CHAPTER FOUR.
- CHAPTER FIVE.
- ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROYAL NAVY OF ENGLAND--FROM A.D. 1509 TO A.D. 1558.
- CHAPTER SIX.
- REIGN OF ELIZABETH--FROM A.D. 1558 TO A.D. 1603.
- CHAPTER SEVEN.
- JAMES THE FIRST--FROM A.D. 1567 TO A.D. 1625.
- Some lines written on Sir Walter's death thus finish:--
- CHAPTER EIGHT.
- THE COMMONWEALTH.
- CHAPTER NINE.
- CHARLES THE SECOND AND JAMES THE SECOND--FROM A.D. 1660 TO A.D. 1689.
- JAMES THE SECOND.
- CHAPTER TEN.
- A VIEW OF NAVAL AFFAIRS IN CHARLES THE SECOND'S REIGN.
- CHAPTER ELEVEN.
- WILLIAM AND MARY--FROM A.D. 1689 TO A.D. 1702.
- CHAPTER TWELVE.
- QUEEN ANNE--FROM A.D. 1702 TO A.D. 1714.
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
- GEORGE THE FIRST AND SECOND--FROM A.D. 1714 TO A.D. 1760.
- GEORGE THE SECOND.
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
- GEORGE THE THIRD--FROM A.D. 1760 TO A.D. 1782.
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
- GEORGE THE THIRD--FROM A.D. 1803 TO END OF WAR A.D. 1814.
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
- The following song well describes the far-famed action:--
- The "Chesapeake" and the "Shannon."
- FIRST WAR WITH BURMAH--1826.
- THE SECOND BURMESE WAR--1851-52.
- BATTLE OF NAVARINO--1827.
- WARFARE IN SYRIA WITH MAHOMET ALI.
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
- AFRICAN COAST BLOCKADE.
- DHOW CHASING ON THE EAST COAST OF AFRICA.
- EXPEDITION UP THE NIGER.
- CHAPTER NINETEEN.
- WARFARE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY--FROM A.D. 1845 TO A.D. 1900.
- CAPTAIN LOCH'S EXPEDITION UP THE SAINT JUAN DE NICARAGUA.
- ATTACKS ON PIRATES.
- WAR WITH CHINA--1856.
- RUSSIAN WAR--1854-55.
- OPERATIONS IN THE BALTIC.
- CHAPTER TWENTY.
- THE EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN WARSHIP.
- CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
- MODERN ENGINES OF WAR.
- CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
- THE BRITISH NAVY OF TO-DAY.