Front matter
Reading edition
[Photo by favour of Commander Takarabé, I.J.N.
THE BATTLESHIP CHIN YEN. (The principal capture in the Chino-Japanese War.)
THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY
BY FRED. T. JANE
AUTHOR OF “THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY” “ALL THE WORLD’S FIGHTING SHIPS” (NAVAL ANNUAL), ETC. INVENTOR OF THE JANE NAVAL WAR GAME (NAVAL KRIEGSPIEL) ETC., ETC.
ASSISTED BY OFFICERS OF THE JAPANESE NAVY
With over 80 Illustrations from Sketches and Drawings by Japanese Artists and from Official Photographs
LONDON W. THACKER & CO., 2, CREED LANE, E.C. CALCUTTA AND SIMLA: THACKER, SPINK & CO. 1904
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TO MANY FRIENDS NOW SERVING IN THE JAPANESE FLEET, AND TO THE MEMORY OF OTHERS WHO HAVE DIED DOING THEIR DUTY THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED