John Knox Laughton (1830-1915) was a pioneering British naval historian and biographer. He was influential not only in his own right but through the historians he trained. Knighted in 1907, Laughton»s best-known works are Studies in Naval History (1887), Nelson and his Companions in Arms (1896), and Sea Fights and Adventures (1901).
9 Ebooks de John Knox Laughton
John Knox Laughton: Barker Collection
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John Knox Laughton: Sea Fights and Adventures (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
This 1901 volume provides an exciting and comprehensive overview of British sea power from the days of the Spanish galleons to the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. Along the way, Laughton f …
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John Knox Laughton: Nelson and His Companions in Arms (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) is one of the most popular figures in English history. This 1896 biography looks at the life of the naval hero in the context of his teachers, mentors, friends, foe …
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John Knox Laughton: From Howard to Nelson: Twelve Sailors (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Beginning with the long and eventful career of Charles Howard, the Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624), this 1907 volume surveys twelve of England’s most distinguished men of the sea—men who may most fitt …
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Anonymous: The Arctic Queen – A Poem Dedicated to Elisha Kent Kane, in Search of Sir John Franklin
In 1845, British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786–1847) embarked on his third and final expedition into the Canadian Arctic to force the Northwest Passage. After two yea …
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William H. Gilder: Schwatka’s Search – Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records
In 1845, British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786–1847) embarked on his third and final expedition into the Canadian Arctic to force the Northwest Passage. After two yea …
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Francis Leopold McClintock: In the Arctic Seas – A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions
The North-West Passage had thwarted the attempts of many expeditions by the mid nineteenth century, but none were so famous as the disappearance of Sir John Franklin and his crew. After two years wit …
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Osborn: Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal – or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin’s Expedition
The North-West Passage had thwarted the attempts of many expeditions by the mid nineteenth century, but none were so famous as the disappearance of Sir John Franklin and his crew. After two years wit …
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Franklin: Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea- In the Years 1819-20-21-22 – The Complete Edition
Sir John Franklin (1786–1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer who served in wars against the United States and Napoleonic France. He led three expeditions into the Canadian Arcti …
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