BOOKS by Ian W Toll

Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy more books like this

by Ian W Toll

From the decision to build six heavy frigates through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli to the war that shook the world in 1812, Toll tells the grand tale of the founding of the U.S. Navy.

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Six Frigates, How Piracy, War and British Supremacy at Sea Gave Birth to the World's Most Powerful Navy

by Ian W. Toll

On October 21st, 1805, an English fleet commanded by Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson hunted down and annihilated the combined fleets of France and Spain in an immense sea battle off Cape Trafalgar, near the Spanish coast. The Battle of Trafalgar, as it came to be known, crowned the Royal Navy as undisputed sovereign of the world's oceans. Her naval ...

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