Willis John Abbot: 8 books

Aircraft and Submarines Willis John Abbot, author of war, army, navy, marine corps and merchant marine (1863-1934) This ebook presents «Aircraft and Submarines», from Willis John Abbot. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01-...

The Naval History of the United States - Volume I Willis John Abbot, author of war, army, navy, marine corps and merchant marine (1863-1934) This ebook presents «The Naval History of the United States - Volume I», from Willis John Abbot. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly...

American Merchant Ships and Sailors Willis John Abbot, author of war, army, navy, marine corps and merchant marine (1863-1934) This ebook presents «American Merchant Ships and Sailors», from Willis John Abbot. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected....

BLUE JACKETS OF '76. CHAPTER EARLY EXPLOITS UPON THE WATER. — GALLOP'S BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS. — BUCCANEERS AND PIRATES. — MORGAN AND BLACKBEARD. — CAPT. KIDD TURNS PIRATE. — DOWNFALL OF THE BUCCANEERS' POWER. In May, 1636, a stanch little sloop of some twenty tons was standing along Long...

In May, 1636, a stanch little sloop of some twenty tons was standing along Long Island Sound on a trading expedition. At her helm stood John Gallop, a sturdy colonist, and a skilful seaman, who earned his bread by trading with the Indians that at that time thronged the shores of the Sound, and eagerly...

With the capture of the Chesapeake in June, 1813, we abandoned our story of the naval events along the coast of the United States, to follow Capt. Porter and his daring seamen on their long cruise into far-off seas. But while the men of the Essex were capturing whalers in the Pacific, chastising insolent...

Not since gunpowder was first employed in warfare has so revolutionary a contribution to the science of slaughtering men been made as by the perfection of aircraft and submarines. The former have had their first employment in this world-wide war of the nations. The latter, though in the experimental...

When the Twentieth Century opened, the American sailor was almost extinct. The nation which, in its early and struggling days, had given to the world a race of seamen as adventurous as the Norse Vikings had, in the days of its greatness and prosperity turned its eyes away from the sea and yielded...