Chapter 1 F. CLAY, Manager

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A Ship of Henry VIII, circa 1545

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BRITISH FLAGS

THEIR EARLY HISTORY, AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT AT SEA; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF THE FLAG AS A NATIONAL DEVICE

BY

W. G. PERRIN

ADMIRALTY LIBRARIAN

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR

BY

HERBERT S. VAUGHAN

CHEVALIER OF THE LEGION

OF HONOUR

CAMBRIDGE

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS