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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1912 Excerpt: ... INDEX Actium, battle of, 53-9, 61, 107, 108, 110 iEgiisa, battle of, 44-6 Africa, 77, 96, 227, 252; Roman, 62. And see South Africa Age of great seamen, the (18th cent.), 175 Alabama, the, 221, 222 Alalia, battle of, 38 Alcibiades, 102 Alexander VI., Pope, 77 Alfred the Great, naval improve-ment under, 166-7 Alliances, 151 et seq.; strength of, 152; weakness of, 152, 155-7, 159; ineffectiveness of, 153, 157-158; of maritime states of ancient Greece, 151; the "Armed Neu-trality," 158-9; command among allies, 111, 112, 157-8, 160 Almeida, Francisco d', 92 America, discovery of, 81, 94 America, South, 77, 95, 217, 225 American colonies, growth of, 3, 216-217; revolt and secession of, cited, 206,208, 230; the "Armed Neutrality" mainly responsible for loss of, 159 Ammunition supply of a cruiser, 241 Amsterdam, 215 Angelus, Isaac, 70 Antony, Mark, at Actium, 53-8 Antwerp, 214 Apraxine, Admiral, 174 Arab sea-power, 91, 211-13 Ariston the Corinthian, 34 Armada, the. jSVe Spanish Armada "Armed Neutrality" League, the, 156, 158-9, 219; effect on Eng-land, 159 Armorica, 63 Assyrians, 12-14 Athenagoras, cited, 28 Athens. See Greece Attila, 62-4 Augustus, 211; and see Octavius Australasia, 96 Australia, 226; dependence on sea-power, 228; criticism of inde-pendent naval policy for, 159, 160, passim; and imperial defence, 238, 250-1, 259-60, 262, 274; and materials of sea-power, 260 Ayscue, Sir G., 120, 121 Babylonian invasion of Phoenicia, 210 Bacon, Essay on Plantations quoted, 217 Bahamas, the, 238 Baldwin, Count of Flanders, 70 Balfour, A. J., quoted, 234 Banckers, Rear-Admiral, 155 Barbadoes, 238, 255 Barbarizo, 113 Barham, Lord, 189, 190 Bases: value of, in trade defence, 235, 236, 241, 253-6 passim; of the primary sea powers, 264-5 Batten, Sir W., 182 Beachy Head, ...
