SIR FRANCIS DRAKE ON BOARD THE _REVENGE_ receiving the surrender of Don Pedro de Valdes. SAILING SHIP. The Pilgrim Fathers crossed in a similar vessel (1620). LA HOGUE, 1692. H.M.S. _Centurion_ engaged and took the Spanish Galleon _Nuestra Senhora de Capadongo_, from Acapulco bound to Manila, off Cape Espiritu Santo, Philippine Islands, June 20, 1743. The _ROYAL GEORGE_ NELSON FIGHTING THE GUNS ON THE MAIN DECK, 1782. THE BLOWING UP OF _L'ORIENT_ DURING THE BATTLE OF THE NILE. THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN, APRIL 2nd, 1801. (Note the British line ahead.) The _VICTORY_. Nelson's Flagship at Trafalgar, launched in 1765, and still used as the flagship in Portsmouth Harbour. TRAFALGAR. 21st October, 1805. MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. (Reproduced by permission from the model at the Royal United Service Institution.) THE _SHANNON_ AND THE _CHESAPEAKE_. THE _ROYAL WILLIAM_. Canadian built; the first boat to cross any ocean steaming the whole way (1833), the first steamer in the world to fire a shot in action (May 5, 1836). BATTLESHIP. Seaplane Returning after flight. DESTROYER. A PARTING SHOT FROM THE TURKS AT GALLIPOLI. JELLICOE. BEATTY. LIGHT CRUISER. H.M.S. _Monmouth_, Armoured Cruiser. Sunk at Coronel, November 1st, 1914. BATTLESHIP FIRING A BROADSIDE. Jellicoe's Battle Fleet in Columns of Divisions. 6.14 P.M. THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND--PLAN II. Jellicoe's battle line formed and fighting. 6:38 P.M. British Submarine. Minesweeper at work. H.M. KING GEORGE V. FLAG AND FLEET BOOK I THE ROWING AGE CHAPTER I THE VERY BEGINNING OP SEA-POWER (10,000 years and more B.C.) Thousands and thousands of years ago a naked savage in southern Asia found that he could climb about quite safely on a floating log. One day another savage found that floating down stream on a log was very much easier than working his way through the woods. This taught him the first advantage of sea-power, which is, that you can often go better by water than land. Then a third savage with a turn for trying new things found out what every lumberjack and punter knows, that you need a pole if you want to shove your log along or steer it to the proper place.