CHAPTER I THE BEGINNINGS OF NAVIES II ATHENS AS A SEA POWER: 1. THE PERSIAN WAR 2. THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR III THE SEA POWER OF ROME: 1. THE PUNIC WARS 2. THE IMPERIAL NAVY IV THE NAVIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES: THE EASTERN EMPIRE V THE NAVIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES [_Continued_]: VENICE AND THE TURK VI OPENING THE OCEAN ROUTES: 1. PORTUGAL AND THE NEW ROUTE TO INDIA 2. SPAIN AND THE NEW WORLD VII SEA POWER IN THE NORTH: HOLLAND'S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE VIII ENGLAND AND THE ARMADA IX RISE OF ENGLISH SEA POWER: WARS WITH THE DUTCH X RISE OF ENGLISH SEA POWER [_continued_]: WARS WITH FRANCE TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION XI NAPOLEONIC WARS: THE FIRST OF JUNE AND CAMPERDOWN XII NAPOLEONIC WARS [_Continued_]: THE RISE OF NELSON XIII NAPOLEONIC WARS [_Concluded_]: TRAFALGAR AND AFTER XIV REVOLUTION IN NAVAL WARFARE: HAMPTON ROADS AND LISSA XV RIVALRY FOR WORLD POWER XVI THE WORLD WAR: THE FIRST YEAR XVII THE WORLD WAR [_Continued_]: THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND XVIII THE WORLD WAR [_Concluded_]: COMMERCE WARFARE XIX CONCLUSION INDEX MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS EGYPTIAN SHIP SCENE OF ANCIENT SEA POWER GREEK WAR GALLEY GREEK MERCHANT SHIP ROUTE OF XERXES' FLEET TO BATTLE OF SALAMIS SCENE OF PRELIMINARY NAVAL OPERATIONS, CAMPAIGN OF SALAMIS THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS, 480 B. C. THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT--ABOUT 450 B. C. SCENE OF PHORMIO'S CAMPAIGN BATTLE OF THE CORINTHIAN GULF, 429 B. C. SCENE OF THE PUNIC WARS ROMAN FORMATION AT ECNOMUS CARTHAGINIAN TACTICS AT THE BATTLE OF ECNOMUS, 256 B. C. POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE FIRST PUNIC WAR SCENE OF BATTLE OF ACTIUM, 31 B. C. THE SARACEN EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT, ABOUT 715 A. D. EUROPE'S EASTERN FRONTIER CONSTANTINOPLE AND VICINITY THEATER OF OPERATIONS, VENICE AND THE TURK 16TH CENTURY GALLEY BATTLE OF LEPANTO, OCTOBER 7, 1571 CROSS-STAFF THE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN WORLD IN 1450 PORTUGUESE VOYAGES AND POSSESSIONS FLAGSHIP OF COLUMBUS CHART OF A. D. 1589 THE NETHERLANDS IN THE 16TH CENTURY GALLEON CRUISE OF THE SPANISH ARMADA ORIGINAL "EAGLE" FORMATION OF THE ARMADA THE COURSE OF THE ARMADA UP THE CHANNEL SCENE OF THE PRINCIPAL NAVAL ACTIONS OF THE 17TH CENTURY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND HOLLAND AND ENGLAND AND FRANCE THE BATTLE OF PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 18, 1653 THE THAMES ESTUARY THREE-DECKED SHIP OF THE LINE, 18TH CENTURY THE WEST INDIES SCENE OF THE YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN BATTLE OF THE VIRGINIA CAPES, SEPTEMBER 5, 1781 BATTLE OF THE SAINTS' PASSAGE, APRIL 12, 1782 BATTLE OF THE FIRST OF JUNE, 1794 BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN, OCTOBER 11, 1797 BATTLE OF CAPE ST. VINCENT, FEBRUARY 14, 1797 THE NILE CAMPAIGN, MAY-AUGUST, 1798 COAST MAP--FROM ALEXANDRIA TO ROSETTA MOUTH OF THE NILE BATTLE OF THE NILE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN POSITION OF BRITISH AND ENEMY SHIPS, MARCH, 1805