[Illustration: BRITISH CROSSES & MEDALS, _see Key_] BRITISH CROSSES AND MEDALS.—(_Coloured Frontispiece._) 1. MEDAL OF ELIZABETH. (DEFEAT OF THE ARMADA, 1588.) 2. CRIMEA MEDAL AND 5. NAVAL MEDAL OF 3. CHINA MEDAL WITH NAVAL CLASP FOR COMMONWEALTH TWO NAVAL CLASPS AZOFF (1854-6). (1650). (1857-58). 4. NAVAL WAR MEDAL 6. CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY RIBBON (1793, 1840). RIBBON (1854, 1874). 7. NAVAL MEDAL OF 8. NAVAL MEDAL OF 9. NAVAL MEDAL OF COMMONWEALTH CHARLES II. COMMONWEALTH (BLAKE’S VICTORIES (BLAKE’S VICTORIES OVER THE DUTCH) OVER THE DUTCH) (1653). (1653). 10. COLLAR OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH. 11. GOOD CONDUCT AND 12. BALTIC MEDAL (1854). LONG-SERVICE MEDAL. 13. VICTORIA CROSS 15. ALBERT MEDAL (SEA). WITH NAVAL RIBBON. 14. BADGE OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE BATH (MILITARY AND NAVAL DIVISION). [Illustration: Illustrated title page] THE SEA _Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism._ BY F. WHYMPER, AUTHOR OF “TRAVELS IN ALASKA,” ETC. _ILLUSTRATED._ CASSELL PETTER & GALPIN: _LONDON, PARIS & NEW YORK_. [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED] CONTENTS.