THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY
Reading edition
JOHN PAUL JONES.
From a mezzotint of the painting by Notté.
THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY
FROM ITS ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT DAY 1775–1897
BY JOHN R. SPEARS
AUTHOR OF “THE PORT OF MISSING SHIPS,” “THE GOLD DIGGINGS OF CAPE HORN,” ETC.
WITH MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS MAPS AND DIAGRAMS
IN FOUR VOLUMES
VOLUME I.
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1897
COPYRIGHT, 1897, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
MANHATTAN PRESS 474 W. BROADWAY NEW YORK
TO ALL WHO WOULD SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT