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Title: Naval battles of the world

Great and decisive contests on the sea ... with an account of the Japan-China war and the recent battle of the Yalu; the growth, power, and management of our new Navy.

Author: Edward Shippen

Release date: February 28, 2024 [eBook #73068]

Language: English

Original publication: Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler Co, 1905

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Please see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this text.

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The first part, Naval Battles of the World, starts here, the second part, Naval Battles of America, starts here.

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Title page

Naval Battles
of the World.

Great and Decisive
Contests on the Sea;

Causes and Results of
Ocean Victories and Defeats;

Marine Warfare and Armament
in all ages;

with an account of the
Japan-China War,

and the recent
Battle of the Yalu.

The Growth, Power and Management of
OUR NEW NAVY
in its Pride and Glory of Swift Cruiser, Impregnable Battleship, Ponderous
Engine, and Deadly Projectile;

Our Naval Academy, Training Ship, Hospital,
Revenue, Light House, and Life Saving Service.

BY EDWARD SHIPPEN,
OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

P. W. ZIEGLER & CO.,
PHILADELPHIA AND CHICAGO

Marine gunner with cannon

COPYRIGHTED BY
JAMES C. McCURDY.
1883, 1894, 1898.