THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF THE NILE.
Early in the year 1798 Sir Horatio Nelson hoisted his flag on board the Vanguard,…
THE STORY OF SIR THOMAS HOWARD AND SIR ANDREW BARTON.
In the third year of the reign of Henry VIII., Sir Andrew Barton, a Scots…
THE STORY OF SIR JOHN HAWKINS
AND THE TROUBLESOME VOYAGE MADE WITH THE JESUS OF LUBECK, THE MINION, AND FOUR OTHER…
THE STORY OF SIR JOHN BERRY.
As an illustration of the way in which a man could rise to the highest…
THE STORY OF SIR GEORGE ROOKE.
THE LOSS OF THE SMYRNA FLEET OFF ST. VINCENT.—THE DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH AT VIGO.—THE…
THE STORY OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE.
Francis Drake is said to have been born at Crowndale, near Tavistock, about the year…
THE STORY OF SIR EDWARD HOWARD.
Sir Edward Howard was the second son of Thomas, Earl of Surrey, afterwards Duke of…
THE STORY OF SANTA CRUZ.
About the middle of the year 1797 Nelson hoisted his flag as rear-admiral of the…
THE STORY OF NELSON’S BOYHOOD.
Horatio Nelson, son of Edmund and Catherine Nelson, was born September 29th, 1758, in the…
THE STORY OF LORD RODNEY.
George Brydges Rodney was born at Walton-on-Thames in the year 1718. His father, Henry Rodney,…