BOOK II, THE SAILING AGE DRAKE TO NELSON, 1585-1805 PART I�THE SPANISH WAR VIII OLD SPAIN AND NEW (1492-1571) IX THE ENGLISH SEA-DOGS (1545-1580) X THE SPANISH ARMADA (1588) PART II�THE DUTCH WAR XI THE FIRST DUTCH WAR (1623-1653) XII THE SECOND AND THIRD DUTCH WARS (1665-1673) PART III�THE FRENCH WAR XIII THE FIRST WAR AGAINST LOUIS XIV (1689-1697) XIV THE SECOND WAR AGAINST LOUIS XIV (1702-1713) XV WAR AGAINST FRANCE AND SPAIN (1739-1748) XVI PITT'S IMPERIAL WAR (1756-1763) XVII THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1775-1783) XVIII NELSON (1798-1805) XIX "1812" BOOK III, THE AGE OF STEAM AND STEEL PART I�A CENTURY OF CHANGE (1814-1914) XX A CENTURY OF BRITISH-FRENCH-AMERICAN PEACE (1815-1914) XXI A CENTURY OF MINOR BRITISH WARS (1815-1914) PART II�THE GREAT WAR (1914-1918) XXII THE HANDY MAN XXIII FIFTY YEARS OF WARNING (1864-1914) XXIV WAR (1914-1915) XXV JUTLAND (1916) XXVI SUBMARINING (1917-1918) XXVII SURRENDER! (1918) XXVIII WELL DONE! POSTSCRIPT THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS ILLUSTRATIONS VIKING MAN-OF-WAR. . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece "DUG-OUT" CANOE ROMAN TRIREME�A vessel with three benches of oars WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR'S TRANSPORTS Eddystone Lighthouse, 1699. The first structure of stone and timber. Build for Trinity House by Winstanley and swept away in a storm. Eddystone Lighthouse, 1882. The fourth and present structure, erected by Sir J. N. Douglass for Trinity House. The Santa Maria, flagship of Christopher Columbus when he discovered America in 1492. Length of keel, 60 feet. Length of ship proper, 93 feet. Length over all, 128 feet. Breadth, 26 feet. Tonnage, full displacement, 233. DRAKE One of Drake's Men-of-War that Fought the Great Armada in 1588. ARMADA OFF FOWEY (Cornwall) as first seen in the English Channel. 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.