# How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900

Author: Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880

Genre: Children's History

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23496

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=How+Britannia+Came+to+Rule+the+Waves+Updated+to+1900+Kingston&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Rome was not built in a day, nor has the glorious British Navy attained its present condition except by slow degrees, by numerous trials and experiments, by improvements gradually and cautiously introduced, and by the employment of a vast amount of thought, energy, and toil. We are apt to forget when we see an elaborate machine, the immense quantity of mental and physical exertion it represents, the efforts of the united minds perhaps of many successive generations, and the labour of thousands of workmen. I propose briefly to trace the progress which the British Navy has made from age to age, as well as its customs, and the habits of its seamen, with their more notable exploits since the...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-britannia-came-to-rule-the-waves-updated-to-1900-23496/chapters/22/index.md)