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• Memoir of the life and services of Admiral Sir William Hargood (Printed for private circulation only, by H.S. Richardson, 1841), by Joseph Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the British admirals, with an introductory view of the naval history of England. (Longman, Rees, orme, Brown, Green & Longman, and Taylor, 1833), by Robert Southey and Robert Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Admiral of the fleet : Sir Geoffrey Phipps Hornby, a biography (W. Blackwood, 1896), by Mary Augusta Phipps Egerton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The British admirals. With an introductory view of the naval history of England. (Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman [etc.], 1833), by Robert Southey and Robert Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketch of the life and services of Vice Admiral Stephen C. Rowan, U.S. Navy : read before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion, April 6, 1910 (s.n., 1910), by Stephen Cooper Ayres (page images at HathiTrust)
• Istoricheskiĭ obzor razvitii︠a︡ i dei︠a︡telʹnosti Morskogo ministerstva (Tip. Morskogo Min-va, 1902), by S. Ḟ. Ogorodnikov and Russia. Morskoe ministerstvo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Farragut and other great commanders : a series of naval biographies (Routledge, 1880), by W. H. Davenport Adams (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hurrah for the life of a sailor! Fifty years in the Royal Navy (Blackwood, 1900), by William Robert Kennedy (page images at HathiTrust)

• Os nossos almirantes, pelo capitão de mar e guerra (Imprensa naval, 1915), by Henrique Boiteux and Brazil. Ministério da Marinha (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Amiral Carl Tersmedens memoarer. (Wahlström & Widstrand, 1919), by Carl Tersmeden and Nils Axel Vilhelm Sjöberg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Grossdeutsches Wollen : aus den Lebenserfahrungen eines Seeoffiziers (Nationale Jugend, 1924), by Adolf von Trotha (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• 1492, by Mary Johnston
  • illustrated HTML at Virginia
  • Gutenberg text
• The Two Admirals: A Tale (New York: G. P. Putnam, 1852), by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Gutenberg text
  • page images at MOA
• The Two Admirals: A Tale (New York : Hurd and Houghton, 1871), by James Fenimore Cooper (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Two Admirals: A Tale (New York : Hurd and Houghton, 1872), by James Fenimore Cooper, illust. by Felix Octavius Carr Darley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The vice admiral of the blue : a biographical romance : supposedly the chronicle left by Lord Nelson's friend, Thomas Masterman Hardy, Vice Admiral and Baronet (G.W. Dillingham Company, 1903), by Roland Burnham Molineux, Troy Kinney, Margaret West Kinney, J.J. Little (Firm), and G.W. Dillingham Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Divine Lady: A Romance of Nelson and Emma Hamilton, by L. Adams Beck (Gutenberg ebook)

• Galerie militaire, ou Notices historiques sur les généraux en chef, généraux de division, etc. ; vice-amiraux, contre-amiraux, etc., qui ont commandé les armées françaises depuis le commencement de la révolution jusqu'à l'an XIII (Barba, 1805), by François Babié de Bercenay and L. Beaumont (page images at HathiTrust)

• Unsere Heerführer im Weltkriege, 1914/16 (Phönix-Verlag, 1916), by Carl Siwinna and Walter Heichen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The naval history of Great Britain, commencing with the earliest period of history, and continued to the expedition against Algiers, under the command of Lord Exmouth, in 1816. Including the history and lives of British admirals. (Printed for Baldwyn and co.; [etc., etc.], 1818), by John Campbell and John Joseph Stockdale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the British admirals : containing an accurate naval history, from the earliest periods. The naval history continued to the year 1779 (C. J. Barrington, 1817), by John Campbell, William Stevenson, Henry Redhead Yorke, and John Berkenhout (page images at HathiTrust)
• Naval history of Great Britain, including the history and lives of the British admirals. (J. Stockdale, 1813), by John Campbell and Henry Redhead Yorke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the British admirals: containing a new and accurate naval history, from the earliest periods. (Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinsons ..., 1785), by John Campbell and John Berkenhout (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the British admirals: containing also a new and accurate naval history, from the earliest periods. (Printed for C.J. Barrington, 1812), by John Campbell, William Stevenson, Henry Redhead Yorke, and John Berkenhout (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naval Atalantis; or, A display of the characters of such flag officers as were distinguished during the last war. (Printed for J. Ridgway, 1788), by Joseph Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Admirals of the British navy ("Country life," ltd. [etc.], 1917), by Francis Dodd (page images at HathiTrust)
• Naval history of Great Britain, including the history and lives of the British admirals. (Printed for Baldwyn and Co., [etc], 1818), by John Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and character of Admiral Collingwood. (T.J. Wilson, 1858), by Ninian Pinkney and United States Naval Academy. Lawrence Literary Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographia nautica: or, Memoirs of those illustrious seamen, to whose intrepidity and conduct the English are indebted, for the victories of their fleets, the increase of their dominions, the extension of their commerce, and their preeminence on the ocean. Interspersed with the most material circumstances of naval history, from the Norman invasion to the year 1779. Embellished with copper-plates. (J. Williams, 1785), by John Campbell and John Kent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the admirals and other eminent British seamen. : Containing their personal histories, and a detail of all their public services. Including a new and accurate naval history ... Interspersed with many curious passages relating to our discoveries, plantations, and commerce. The whole supported by proper authorities. (Printed for T. Waller ..., 1750), by John Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the British admirals; containing a new and accurate naval history, from the earliest periods. (Printed for Alexander Donaldson, 1781), by John Campbell and John Berkenhout (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the most celebrated British admirals; containing a concise account of the characters, and an accurate detail of the gallant achievements, of the most distinguished naval heroes ... (Printed by and for Oliver & Boyd, 1808) (page images at HathiTrust)
• *Woodward, Thomas J. (Provenance) (Printed for A. Donaldson, 1779), by John Campbell and John Berkenhout (page images at HathiTrust)
• The lives of the British admirals. Displaying, in the most striking colours, the conduct and heroism of the naval commanders of Great Britain and Ireland ... (E. Newbery, 1787) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Robert Blake, admiral and general at sea : based on family and state papers (Chapman and Hall, 1856), by William Hepworth Dixon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anno quadragesimo tertio Georgii III Regis. Cap. XXXVII, An act to enable His Majesty to grant a certain annuity to Rear Admiral Sir James Saumarez Baronet, and Knight of the most honourable Order of Bath, in consideration of his eminent services which he has performed on various occasions. (22d April 1803.) (Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, printers to the King's most excellent Majesty, 1803), by Great Britain, Andrew Strahan, Charles Eyre, Project Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library), and Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anno quinquagesimo quarto Georgii III Regis. Cap. CLXIV, An act for settling and securing an annuity on Lord Exmouth and the persons to whom the title of Lord Exmouth shall descend, in consideration of his eminent services. (29th July 1814.). (Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, printers to the King's most excellent Majesty, 1814), by Great Britain, Andrew Strahan, Charles Eyre, Project Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library), and Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographia nautica, or, Memoirs of those illustrious seamen to whose intrepidity and conduct the English are indebted for the victories of their fleets, the increase of their dominions, the extension of their commerce and their pre-eminence on the ocean : interspersed with the most material circumstances of naval history from the Norman invasion to the conclusion of the last year (Printed for J. Wallis and C. Stonehouse ..., 1776), by John Campbell and John Kent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the admirals and other eminent British seamen containing their personal histories and a detail of all their public services : including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest accounts of time and clearly proving by a continued series of facts our uninterrupted claim to and enjoyment of the dominion of our seas : interspersed with many curious passages relating to our discoveries, plantations and commerce : the whole supported by proper authorities (Printed for T. Waller, ..., 1750), by John Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the admirals and other eminent British seamen containing their personal histories and a detail of all their public services : including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest accounts of time and clearly proving by a continued series of facts our uninterrupted claim to and enjoyment of the dominion of our seas : interspersed with many curious passages relating to our discoveries, plantations and commerce : the whole supported by proper authorities (Printed for T. Waller, ..., 1750), by John Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographia nautica, or, Memoirs of those illustrious seamen to whose intrepidity and conduct the English are indebted for the victories of their fleets, the increase of their dominions, the extension of their commerce and their pre-eminence on the ocean : interspersed with the most material circumstances of naval history, from the Norman invasion to the year 1779 (Printed for J. Williams ..., 1785), by John Campbell and John Kent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the British admirals: containing an accurate naval history, from the earliest periods. (C. J. Barrington, 1812), by John Campbell, William Stevenson, Henry Redhead Yorke, and John Berkenhout (page images at HathiTrust)
• Admirals of the British Navy: Portraits in Colours with Introductory and Biographical Notes, illust. by Francis Dodd (Gutenberg ebook)
• An historical discourse of the first invention of navigation and the additional improvements of it with the probable causes of the variation of the compasse, and the variation of the variation : likewise, some reflections upon the name and office of admirall : to which is added a catalogue of those persons that have been from the first institution dignified with that office / by Thomas Philipott ... (London : Printed by W. Godbid, and are to be sold by W. Fisher ..., 1661), by Thomas Philipot (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• For The Admiral, by W. J. Marx (Gutenberg ebook)
• When Dewey came to Manila, or, Among the Filipinos (Boston: Dana Estes & Company, n.d.), by James Otis and C.H. Simonds & Co (page images at Florida)

• The hero of Manila; Dewey on the Mississippi and the Pacific (D. Appleton and Company, 1899), by Rossiter Johnson, B. West Clinedinst, and D. Appleton and Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The hero of Manila (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899), by Rossiter Johnson and D. Appleton and Company, illust. by B. West Clinedinst (page images at Florida)
• Child's history of the United States for little men and women (Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1898), by John Wesley Hanson and W.B. Conkey Company (page images at Florida)

• The great Dutch admirals (Sonnenschein, 1886), by Jacob de Liefde (page images at HathiTrust)
• The great Dutch admirals (H.S. King & co., 1873), by J. B. de Liefde (page images at HathiTrust)

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