Illustrations have been moved out of text paragraphs.
Some obvious minor typographical and punctuation errors have been
corrected silently.
Soleil Royale has been corrected to Soleil Royal throughtout the book.
Page I-VI: ... the Carthaginians at Myloe ... has been changed to ...
the Carthaginians at Mylœ ... as in the text.
Page I-XI: XV. DE GRASSE AND RODNEY. A. D. 1782 has been changed to
XIV. DE GRASSE AND RODNEY. A. D. 1782.
Page I-XV: Disputes over Corea has been changed to Disputes over
Korea as in text.
Page I-XVII: page number 226 has been changed to 195 (Le Soleil
Royal); entry 21a DUTCH MAN-OF-WAR, 17TH CENTURY. inserted.
Page I-72: ... too unwieldly to be brought up again has been changed
to ... too unwieldy to be brought up again.
Page I-265: ... the Genereux and Timoléon ... has been changed to ...
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caption NELSON WOUNDED AT TENERIFFE.
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right or wrong.
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Page II-XI, List of illustrations: entries 18 and 19 have been
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Page II-XI, List of Illustrations: items 31 (American Fleet) and 32
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Page II-62: closing quote mark has been inserted after The Guerrière,
moreover, was out-manœuvred.
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Page II-395, table row Foote, column Officers: 44 has been changed to
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Page II-393-397: the pages have been re-arranged to form complete
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Page 394: decimal commas in the column Speed have been replaced with
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