{"product_id":"2940015896510","title":"From Sail to Steam, and The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783 [Illustrated]","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index\u003cbr\u003e • two complete books - From Sail to Steam - Recollections of Naval Life, and The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eFrom Sail to Steam\u003cbr\u003ePreface  \u003cbr\u003e   Introducing Myself  \u003cbr\u003eI.  Naval Conditions Before the War of Secession—the Officers and Seamen  \u003cbr\u003eII.  Naval Conditions Before the War of Secession—the Vessels  \u003cbr\u003eIII.  The Naval Academy in its Relation to the Navy at Large  \u003cbr\u003eIV.  The Naval Academy in its Interior Workings—Practice Cruises  \u003cbr\u003eV.  My First Cruise after Graduation—Nautical Characters  \u003cbr\u003eVI.  My First Cruise After Graduation—Nautical Scenes and Scenery—the Approach of Disunion  \u003cbr\u003eVII.  Incidents of War and Blockade Service  \u003cbr\u003eVIII.  Incidents of War and Blockade Service—Continued  \u003cbr\u003eIX.  A Roundabout Road to China  \u003cbr\u003eX.  China and Japan  \u003cbr\u003eXI.  The Turning of a Long Lane—Historical, Naval, and Personal  \u003cbr\u003eXII.  Experiences of Authorship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTORY.\u003cbr\u003eHistory of Sea Power one of contest between nations, therefore largely military  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003eDiscussion of the Elements of Sea Power.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003eState of Europe in 1660.—Second Anglo-Dutch War, 1665-1667.—Sea Battles of Lowestoft and of the Four Days\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003eWar of England and France in Alliance against the United Provinces, 1672-1674.—Finally, of France against Combined Europe, 1674-1678.—Sea Battles of Solebay, the Texel, and Stromboli.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003eEnglish Revolution.—War of the League of Augsburg, 1688-1697.—Sea Battles of Beachy Head and La Hougue.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003eWar of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1713.—Sea Battle Of Malaga.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003eThe Regency in France.—Alberoni in Spain.—Policies of Walpole and Fleuri.—War of the Polish Succession.—English Contraband Trade in Spanish America.—Great Britain declares War against Spain.—1715-1739.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003eWar between Great Britain and Spain, 1739.—War of the Austrian Succession, 1740.—France joins Spain against Great Britain, 1744.—Sea Battles of Matthews, Anson, and Hawke.—Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII.\u003cbr\u003eSeven Years' War, 1756-1763.—England's Overwhelming Power and Conquests on the Seas, in North America, Europe, and East and West Indies.—Sea Battles: Byng off Minorca; Hawke and Conflans; Pocock and D'Aché in East Indies.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX.\u003cbr\u003eCourse of Events from the Peace of Paris to 1778.—Maritime War Consequent upon the American Revolution.—Sea Battle off Ushant.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X.\u003cbr\u003eMaritime War in North America and West Indies, 1778-1781.—Its Influence upon the Course of the American Revolution.—Fleet Actions off Grenada, Dominica, and Chesapeake Bay.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI.\u003cbr\u003eMaritime War in Europe, 1779-1782.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII.\u003cbr\u003eEvents in the East Indies, 1778-1781.—Suffren sails from Brest for India, 1781.—His Brilliant Naval Campaign in the Indian Seas, 1782, 1783.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII.\u003cbr\u003eEvents in the West Indies after the Surrender of Yorktown.— Encounters of De Grasse with Hood.—The Sea Battle of the Saints.—1781-1782.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV.\u003cbr\u003eCritical Discussion of the Maritime War of 1778.\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101071327472,"sku":"2940015896510","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015896510_p0.jpg?v=1763626127","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015896510","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}