Has anyone else ever seen this book before? It is entitled "Our Modern Navy" and was published in 1898. It is kind of Jane's-style book and has photographs and diagrams of the ships of the major navies of the world at the time of its publishing. Notably, it includes photos of soon-to-be-assassinated President William McKinley, major US Naval officers, and annotations on pages indicating which ships were destroyed in the Spanish-American War (i.e. USS Maine, Spanish ships lost at the Battle of Manila Bay, etc.)
Front cover
Publishing date and the USS Iowa (BB-4)
USS Maine- Note date of destruction at the bottom
Our President, the Honorable William McKinley
Naval Officers- Note Admiral Dewey at top-left
German Navy
Spanish Navy- There is a list of the Spanish ships destroyed at the Battle of Manila Bay at the bottom
Publishing date and the USS Iowa (BB-4)
USS Maine- Note date of destruction at the bottom
Our President, the Honorable William McKinley
Naval Officers- Note Admiral Dewey at top-left
German Navy
Spanish Navy- There is a list of the Spanish ships destroyed at the Battle of Manila Bay at the bottom
I really like the front cover, it is what attracted me to the book in the first place. No doubt they were made, not only to be informative about world naval power, but also to instill a little patriotism about the Great White Fleet defending our country during the Spanish-American War. This would count as one of the decent-sized ones, it is about 16" X 9"
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