Abbot's fighting history of the American navy — privateers and frigates, the Bon Homme Richard and the Constitution, told battle by battle with the smoke still in the rigging.

The Duel at the Galapagos Islands

2 pages in this part of The Naval History of the United States.

The Duel at the Galapagos Islands

command of ships. David Farragut was one of the boys thus suddenly promoted, and in his journal has left a description of his experience as…

The Duel at the Galapagos Islands: Pacific

On the 30th of September, the squadron fell in with the "Essex Junior," which had come from Valparaiso. Lieut. Downes reported that he had…

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