540

INDEX 543

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

LIST OF MAPS.

I. Mediterranean Sea 15
II. English Channel and North Sea 107
III. Indian Peninsula and Ceylon 257
IV. North Atlantic Ocean 532

PLANS OF NAVAL BATTLES.

_In these plans, when the capital letters A, B, C, and D are used, all
positions marked by the same capital are simultaneous._

I. Four Days' Battle, 1666 119
II. Four Days' Battle, 1666 124
III. Battle of Solebay, 1672 146
IV. Battle of the Texel, 1673 153
V. Battle of Stromboli, 1676 161
V a. Pocock and D'Ache, 1758 161
VI. Battle of Beachy Head, 1690 183
VI a. Battle of La Hougue, 1692 183
VII. Matthews's Action off Toulon, 1744 265
VII a. Byng's Action off Minorca, 1756 265
VIII. Hawke and Conflans, 1759 303
IX. Battle of Ushant, 1778 351
X. D'Estaing and Byron, 1779 368
XI. Rodney and De Guichen, April 17, 1780 378
XII. Arbuthnot and Destouches, 1781 386
XIII. Suffren at Porto Praya, 1781 423
XIV. Suffren and Hughes, February 17, 1782 431
XV. Suffren and Hughes, April 12, 1782 438
XVI. Suffren and Hughes, July 6, 1782 447
XVII. Suffren and Hughes, September 3, 1782 454
XVIII. Hood and De Grasse, January, 1782 470
XIX. Hood and De Grasse, January, 1782 472
XX. Rodney and De Grasse, April 9, 1782 482
XXI. Rodney's Victory, April 12, 1782 486

INFLUENCE

OF

SEA POWER UPON HISTORY.

INTRODUCTORY.

The history of Sea Power is largely, though by no means solely, a
narrative of c