LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Battle of Schooneveld, June 4, 



1673 



Battle of the Texel, AugTist 11, 1673 

 Michiel de Ruyter (1607-1676) . 

 James II . 

 The Prince of Orange (afterwards 



William III) Landing- at Torbay, 



November 5, 1688 (J. M. W. 



Turner, R.A.) .... 

 Departure of William of Orange for 



England {erroneously entitled 



William of Orange at Brixham) . 

 Battle of Beachy Head, June 30, 1690 

 The Battle of Barfleur, May, 1692 

 The Battle of La Hogue, May, 169 

 Bombardment of Diepjje, 1694 

 Duguay-Trouin Capturing the Non 



such, 1695 .... 

 Model of a Roman Merchant Galley 

 Model of Bireme 

 The Oseberg Ship 

 Model of a Viking Ship . 

 Model of a XVth Century Carrack, 



made by R. Morton Nance, after 



an engraving by " W. A." . 

 Model of a King's Ship of late 12th 



or early 13th Century . 

 A 15th Century Trading Ship . 

 Modern Model of the Santa Maria 



(Wyllie) .... 



The Ark (alias Ark, Royal and Anne 



Royal) .... 



The Great Harry, 15 14-1553 ■ 

 The Griffin .... 

 Typical Dutch Warship of the 



Early 17th Century 

 The Golden Lion 

 George Villiers, Marquis (afterward 



Duke) of Buckingham . 

 Peter Pett, 1610-1670, Master Builde 



of the Navy .... 

 Model of H.M.S. Prince . 

 Oliver Cromwell 

 Ships under repair (2 Etchings by 



Hollar) 



Model of the 90-gun Ship Coronation 



(by courtesy of R. C. Anderson, 



Esq.) 



The Speaker and Royal Charles 

 The Soleil Royal . . . . 



Louis XIV 



The Embarkation of Marco Polo, 



Venice, 1338 . . . . • 



Expedition Against the Island of 



Chipangu or Sypangu (Japan) 



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TTie Soldiers of the Great Khan un- 

 able to land in Java . . . 207 



Incidents in Sir John Mandeville's 

 Travels : (above), Prester John's 

 Country ; (below), ship with 



astrolabe ..... 208 



{N.B. — rhe references to "upper" and "lower " 

 in the note tn these two illustrations should 

 be transposed) 



Gerardus Mercator .... 209 

 Ptolemy's Map of the World . .210 

 Sir Richard Whittington . . .219 



Bergen (Hanseatic Centre) . . 220 



An Early View of Constantinople . 221 



Barentz in the .Arctic, 1596 . . 222 



View of London in the Time of 



Henry VII ..... 227* 

 Map of the West Coast of Africa by 



Linschoten ..... 233* 

 Thomas Cavendish at the Ladrones, 



1588 239 



Action Between Dutch and Spanish 



Ships off Manila, about 1595 . . 240 



The Dutch at Mauritius . . .241 



The Capture of Bantam, 1684 . . 242 



Columbus Landing at Watling 



Island, 1492 ..... 247 



Christopher Columbus . . . 248 



Amerigo Vespucci .... 248 



Sebastian Cabot .... 248 



Columbus and the Egg . . . 249 



" Shooting the Sun "... 250 



Drake's Fleet at San Domingo . 255 

 Medals Commemorating Drake's 



Voyages to the West, 1 570-1 588 . 255 



Drake at the River Plate . . . 256 



Sir Walter Raleigh at Trinidad . 256 



Martin Frobisher .... 257 



Sir John Hawkins .... 257 



Sir Walter Raleigh .... 257 



Captain John Smith .... 257 



Map of Virginia, 1585 . . . 258 



Map of Central America and the 



Caribbean ..... 259 

 Florida Discovered by French 



Huguenots ..... 260 

 Olando Building a Caravel . . 261 

 Capt. Waitborne at St. John's, New- 

 foundland, 1618 .... 262 

 Captain Argall at King Powhatan's 



Stronghold in Virginia, ca. 1614 . 267 

 The Capture of the Spanish " Silver 



Fleet " off Havannah, 1628 . . 268 



New York, ca. 1670 .... 269 



Fort Caroline, ca. 1670 . . . 270 



Siege of Malta, 1565 . . . 275 



