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| Chasing a Slaver off the African Coast. (From a photograph, in the possession of Mr. Edward Trenchard, of the painting by Melbye),
Frontispiece. |
| Map Showing Captain Porter’s Cruise in the Pacific, 1813, |
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| John Downes. (From an oil-painting at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| The Essex and her Prizes at Nukahiva in the Marquesas Islands. (From an engraving by Strickland of a drawing by Captain Porter), |
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| Map of the Harbor in which the Essex and her Prizes lay. (After a drawing by Captain Porter), |
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| A Marquesan War-canoe. (From an engraving by Strickland of a drawing by Captain Porter), |
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| Fight of the Essex with the Phœbe and Cherub. (From an engraving by Strickland of a drawing by Captain Porter), |
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| A Marquesan “Chief Warrior.” (From an engraving by Strickland of a drawing by Captain Porter), |
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| United States Razee Independence at Anchor. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), |
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| Charles Morris. (From a photograph owned by Mr. C. B. Hall), |
57 |
| United States Ship-of-war Columbus at Anchor. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), |
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| Lewis Warrington. (From an engraving by Gimbrede of the painting by Jarvis), |
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| Diagram of the Peacock-Epervier Battle, |
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| The Peacock and the Epervier. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), |
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| The Peacock and the Epervier. (From an engraving by Strickland of a drawing by Birch), |
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| Medal Awarded to Lewis Warrington after the Capture of the Epervier by the Peacock, |
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| Johnston Blakeley. (From an engraving by Gimbrede), |
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| The Wasp and Reindeer. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), |
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| Medal Awarded to Johnston Blakeley after the Capture of the Reindeer by the Wasp, |
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| The Wasp and Avon. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), |
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| Diagram of the Wasp-Avon Battle, |
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| Scene of Naval Operations on Lake Huron, 1814, |
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| The Attack on Fort Oswego, Lake Ontario, May 6, 1814. (From an engraving, published in 1815, by R. Havel, after a drawing of Lieutenant Hewett, Royal Marines), |
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| One of the Unlaunched Lake Vessels. (From a photograph), |
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| Near Skenesborough on Lake Champlain. (From an old engraving in the collection of Mr. W. C. Crane), |
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| Thomas Macdonough. (From an engraving by Forrest of the portrait by Jarvis), |
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| Major-general Alexander Macomb. (From an engraving by Longacre of the portrait by Sully), |
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| The Battle of Lake Champlain. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| The Battle of Plattsburg. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| Macdonough’s Victory on Lake Champlain. (From an engraving in the “Naval Monument”), |
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| Battle of Lake Champlain, 1814, |
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| The Battle of Plattsburg. (From an engraving of the picture by Chappel), |
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| Macdonough’s Victory on Lake Champlain. (From an engraving by Tanner of the painting by Reinagle), |
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| Medal Awarded to Thomas Macdonough after his Victory on Lake Champlain, |
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| Stephen Cassin’s Medal, |
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| The General Armstrong at Fayal, |
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| Fight Between the Brig Chasseur and the Schooner St. Lawrence off Havana, February 26, 1815. (From a lithograph in Coggeshall’s “Privateers”), |
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| Commodore Stephen Decatur, |
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| The President Engaging the Endymion, while Pursued by the British Squadron. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), |
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| Capture of the President by a British Squadron. (From a rare lithograph), |
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| Sir Edward Michael Packenham. (From an etching by Rosenthal of a print in the collection of Mr. Clarence S. Bement), |
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| Map Showing Mouths of the Mississippi River, |
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| Charles Stewart. (From a painting by Sully, at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| The Constitution’s Escape from the Tenedos and Junon. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| Diagram of the Battle of the Constitution with the Cyane and Levant, |
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| Action of the Constitution with the Cyane and Levant. (From an aquatint by Strickland), |
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| Medal Awarded to Charles Stewart after the Battle of the Constitution with the Cyane and Levant, |
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| Charles Stewart (and the Battle of the Constitution with the Cyane and Levant). (From a lithograph at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| The Hornet and Penguin. (From an old wood-cut), |
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| The Hornet and Penguin. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), |
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| Medal Awarded to James Biddle for the Capture of the Penguin by the Hornet, |
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| The Hornet’s Escape from the Cornwallis. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), |
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| Dartmoor Prison. (From a wood-cut of a contemporary engraving), |
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| Dartmoor Prison. (From an old broadside, with notes by one of the prisoners), |
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| Dartmoor Prisoners of 1812. (From a copy of a daguerreotype at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| United States Sloop-of-war Albany Under Sail. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), |
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| A Ship-of-war’s Cutter. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), |
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| Lashing up Hammocks. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), |
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| A Ship-of-war’s Launch. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), |
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| Sailor’s Mess-table. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), |
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| A Typical Barbary Corsair. (From an engraving by Newton after a drawing by J. Charnock), |
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| Decatur’s Squadron at Anchor off the City of Algiers, June 30, 1815. (From an engraving by Monger and Jocelin), |
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| Decatur and the Algerian, |
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| Return of Bainbridge’s Squadron from the Mediterranean in 1815. (From an engraving by Leney of a drawing by M. Corné), |
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| The Action at Quallah Battoo, February 6, 1832. (From an aquatint by Smith of a drawing made on board the Potomac in the offing), |
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| Bombardment of Muckie and Landing of a Force to Burn the Town. (From an engraving by Osborne in “The Flagship,” published, 1840, by D. Appleton & Co.), |
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| “Blood is Thicker than Water.”—Josiah Tattnall Going to the Assistance of the English Gun-boats at Peiho River. (From a painting, by a Chinese artist, owned by Mr. Edward Trenchard), |
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| Scene of Naval Operations on the Pacific Coast, |
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| John B. Montgomery. (From a photograph), |
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| R. F. Stockton. (From an engraving by Hall of a painting on ivory by Newton, 1840), |
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| Perry’s Expedition Crossing the Bar at the Mouth of the Tabasco River. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), |
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| The Naval Expedition Under Commodore Perry Ascending the Tabasco River at the Devil’s Bend. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), |
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| S. F. Dupont. (From a photograph), |
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| The Tabasco Expedition Attacked by the Mexicans from the Chapparal. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), |
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| Scene of Naval Operations in Gulf of Mexico, |
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| Landing of Perry’s Expedition Against Tabasco. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), |
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| Commodore Perry’s Expedition Taking Possession of Tuspan. (From a lithograph of a drawing by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), |
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| Matthew Calbraith Perry. (From an oil-painting at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), |
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| Capture of Tabasco by Perry’s Expedition. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), |
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| Brig-of-war Like the Somers Under Full Sail. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), |
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| The Mississippi Going to the Relief of the Hunter in a Storm off Vera Cruz. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), |
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| Naval Bombardment of Vera Cruz, March, 1847. (From a lithograph published in 1847 by N. Currier), |
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| The United States Naval Battery During the Bombardment of Vera Cruz on the 24th and 25th of March, 1847. (From a lithograph designed and drawn on stone by Lieutenant H. Walke, U. S. N.), |
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| The Battle of Vera Cruz.—Night Scene. (From an engraving by Thompson of a drawing by Billings), |
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| The Mississippi in a Cyclone on her Japan Cruise. (From a wood-cut in Perry’s “Narrative” of this trip), |
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| The Mississippi at Jamestown, St. Helena. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), |
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| View of Uraga. Yeddo Bay. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), |
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| A Japanese Junk. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), |
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| Commodore Perry’s First Landing at Gorahama. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative ”), |
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| Commodore Perry Delivering the President’s Letter to the Japanese Representatives. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), |
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| A Japanese Fish-present. (From a wood-cut in Perry’s “Narrative”), |
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| The Imperial Barge at Yokohama. (From a wood-cut in Perry’s “Narrative”), |
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| The Final Page of the First Treaty with Japan. (From a facsimile of the original), |
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| Commodore Perry Meeting the Imperial Commissioners at Yokohama. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), |
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| Japanese Wrestlers at Yokohama. (From a lithograph in Perry’s “Narrative”), |
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| Commodore’s Pennant, 1812–1860. (From a pennant at the Naval Institute, Annapolis), |
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| The United States Brig Porpoise in a Squall. (From a picture drawn and engraved by W. J. Bennett, in 1844), |
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| The United States Frigate Hudson Returning from a Cruise, with a Fair Wind. (From a picture drawn and engraved by W. J. Bennett), |
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