Half hours on the quarter-deckFront matterReading editionChapter navigation21 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterHALF HOURS ON THE QUARTER-DECKINTRODUCTION.WILLIAM, JOHN, AND RICHARD HAWKINS. CHAPTER I. THREE GENERATIONS OF ADVENTURERS.CHARLES HOWARD, BARON OF EFFINGHAM, AFTERWARDS EARL OF NOTTINGHAM. CHAPTER II. “BORN TO SERVE AND SAVE HIS COUNTRY.”SIR MARTIN FROBISHER, NAVIGATOR, DISCOVERER, AND COMBATANT. CHAPTER III. THE FIRST ENGLISH DISCOVERER OF GREENLAND.THOMAS CAVENDISH, GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER. CHAPTER IV. THE SECOND ENGLISHMAN WHO CIRCUMNAVIGATED THE GLOBE.SIR WALTER RALEIGH, QUEEN ELIZABETH’S FAVOURITE MINISTER. CHAPTER V. AMERICAN COLONISATION SCHEMES.SIR WALTER RALEIGH, SAILOR, SCHOLAR, POET. CHAPTER VI. NAVAL EXPEDITIONS—TRIAL AND EXECUTION.THE PLANTING OF THE GREAT AMERICAN COLONIES. CHAPTER VII. “TO FRAME SUCH JUST AND EQUAL LAWS AS SHALL BE MOST CONVENIENT.”OLIVER CROMWELL AND THE SEA-POWER OF ENGLAND. CHAPTER VIII. A LONG INTERVAL IN NAVAL WARFARE ENDED.ROBERT BLAKE, THE GREAT ADMIRAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH. CHAPTER IX. HE ACHIEVED FOR ENGLAND THE TITLE, NEVER SINCE DISPUTED, OF “MISTRESS OF THE SEA.”GEORGE MONK, K.G., DUKE OF ALBEMARLE. CHAPTER X. THE FRIEND OF CROMWELL, AND THE RESTORER OF CHARLES II.EDWARD MONTAGUE, EARL OF SANDWICH. CHAPTER XI. NAVAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND THE DUTCH.PRINCE RUPERT, NAVAL AND MILITARY COMMANDER. CHAPTER XII. THE DUTCH DISCOVER ENGLISH COURAGE TO BE INVINCIBLE.SIR EDWARD SPRAGGE, ONE BORN TO COMMAND. CHAPTER XIII. THE DUTCH AVOW SUCH FIERCE FIGHTING NEVER TO HAVE BEEN SEEN.SIR THOMAS ALLEN. CHAPTER XIV. THE PROMOTED PRIVATEER.SIR JOHN HARMAN. CHAPTER XV. “BOLD AS A LION, BUT ALSO WISE AND WARY.”ADMIRAL BENBOW. CHAPTER XVI. THE KING SAID, “WE MUST SPARE OUR BEAUX, AND SEND HONEST BENBOW.”SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL. CHAPTER XVII. THE SHOEMAKER WHO ROSE TO BE REAR-ADMIRAL OF ENGLAND.JAMES NISBET & CO.’S SELECT LIST OF BOOKSBeginning of this editionNext chapter →HALF HOURS ON THE QUARTER-DECKAll chapters and sections (21)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsHALF HOURS ON THE QUARTER-DECKINTRODUCTION.Chapters1234567891011121314151617Other sectionsJAMES NISBET & CO.’S SELECT LIST OF BOOKScover and spineHALF HOURS ON THE QUARTER-DECK →
