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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Scottish sailors, Yacht clubs in Scotland, John Paul Jones, Alexander Selkirk, John Grierson, Harry McNish, Charles Rawden Maclean, Rikki Fulton, William McMaster Murdoch, John Robison, George Duff, W. D. M. Bell, Archibald Menzies, William Balfour Baikie, James Redmond, David Milne, Hugh Clapperton, David Blair, Sandy Glen, Alexander Cochrane, John Wood, Arnold Clark, William Wright, Robert Barton of Over Barnton, George Glas, Royal Findhorn Yacht Club, Allan Gordon, Admiral John McClure, David Broadfoot, John MacGillivray, Murdo Stewart MacDonald, George Hamilton-Gordon, 6th Earl of Aberdeen, William Marshall Smart, West Highland Yachting Week, East Lothian Yacht Club, David Deas, Andrew Barton, James Gerald Gulliver, Ian Mackintosh, Andrew Wood of Largo, Robert Hay, Alexander Hamilton, John Lizars, Albert Armitage, John Cameron, Lord Cameron, William Grant Milne. Excerpt: John Paul Jones (July 6, 1747) - July 18, 1792)) was the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War. Although he made enemies among America's political elites, his actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation which persists to this day. During his engagement with HMS Serapis, Jones uttered, according to the later recollection of his first lieutenant, the legendary reply to a taunt about surrender from the British captain: "I have not yet begun to fight!" John Paul (he added "Jones" later) was born on the estate of Arbigland near Kirkbean in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright on the southwest coast of Scotland. His father, John Paul (Sr.), was a gardener at Arbigland, and his mother was named Jean Duff. His parents married on November 29, 1733 in New Abbey, Kirkcudbright. John Paul started his maritime career at the age of 13, sailing out of Whitehaven in the northern Engl...
