MODEL OF THE "SOVEREIGN' OF THE SEAS " 

 (Made bv Mr. H. B. Culver, of New York) 



The Sovereign of the Seas was launched for Charles I in 1637, 

 and took part in many important actions during the next fifty 

 years- She was the finest man-of-war in her day, and not only 

 marked a great advance in naval architecture, but showed to 

 %vhat a ridiculous height the waste of money on gilding and 

 decoration had attained. 



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