history, naval

Thirteen-year-old Sam endures harsh conditions, battles, and a shipwreck after being pressed into service aboard the HMS Miranda during the Napoleonic Wars.

Examines the pivotal naval battle in which the upstart British defeated the supposedly invincible Spanish fleet, changing the balance of power in sixteenth century Europe.

Describes the religious and territorial conflict between England and Spain and discusses the events of 1588 when the Spanish Armada met the English navy in the English Channel.

Presents a brief biography of the English seaman and explorer who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for helping to make England a world power by circumnavigating the globe and raiding Spanish ships.

Simple text and illustrations present the life story of sixteenth-century explorer and buccaneer Sir Francis Drake, the first English person to sail around the world.

Discusses the history, weapons, missions, and possible future of Navy destroyers.

Surveys the life and voyages of Sir Francis Drake and the expansion of the English naval fleet in the sixteenth century.

Recounts the epic story of the men of the U.S. Navy from its first engagements to post-Vietnam.

The story of the creation of the U.S. Navy that chronicles the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century process that would launch the nation into becoming a powerful naval force.

Examines the histories of the two American Navy ships called "USS Constellation," the first launched in 1797 and the second in 1854, discussing the role of the vessel in suppressing the illegal slave trade and in the Civil War, looking at what life was like for a sailor on the ship, and discussing its restoration in the 1990s.