The Book of the Navy; comprising a general history of the American Marine; and particular accounts of all the most celebrated naval battles, from the Declaration of Independence to the present time. With an appendix
A popular history of the American navy by John Frost, published in 1843 for general readers, covering naval battles from the Revolution onward, with an appendix. The wood engravings show frigates under sail, broadside exchanges with gunsmoke, coastal headlands and lighthouses, and squadrons in line, drawn in fine hatched line with hulls, rigging and gunports rendered as usable silhouettes.
