"A view of the American Revolution"--Dust jacket.

Subtitle on jacket: A view of the American Revolution. Maps on lining papers. Includes index. Includes maps of: West Indies in Relation to Europe and America; American Colonies; Southern Theater of Operations; New York Harbor and Environs; Siege of Yorktown; March from New York to Virginia.

"Here the sovereignty of the United States was first acknowledged" -- The golden rock -- Beggars of the sea : the Dutch ascendancy -- "The maddest idea in the world" : an American navy -- Buccaneer : the Baltimore hero -- The Dutch and the English : another war -- Enter Admiral Rodney -- The French intervention -- Low point of the Revolution -- "A successful battle may give us America" -- The critical moment -- Last chance : the Yorktown campaign -- Epilogue.