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American Naval Biography

Comprising Lives of the Commodores, and Other Commanders Distinguished in the History of the American Navy (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from American Naval Biography: Comprising Lives of the Commodores, and Other Commanders Distinguished in the History of the American Navy The compiler embraces the present Opportunity of expressing his gratitude to the gentlemen, connected with the naval service, who have kindly aided the work by furnishing documents and other means Of information necessary to its completion. His thanks are also due to Mr. Asa Spencer, the inventor of the machine for medal ruling, for his admirable facsimiles of several of the gold medals, conferred on distin guished commanders by congress. All the engravings of medals in the work, except that of the Preble medalfit were engraved by Mr. Spencer himself. Nearly all the Views Of naval actions were designed by Mr. James Hamilton, the marine and landscape painter, a young artist whose talents. Are already known and appreciated by the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Release date NZ
April 28th, 2018
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Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
85 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white
Imprint
Forgotten Books
Pages
452
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Dimensions
152x229x25
ISBN-13
9780266400752
Product ID
27900876

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