The Naval Chronicle, Volume 1James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones J. Gold, 1799 - Europe Contains a general and biographical history of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects, under the guidance of several literary and professional men. |
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