Knox (ed.), Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1941), vol. Palmer, Stoddert’s War: Naval Operations During the Quasi-War with France, 1798–1801 (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1987), p. 26: Letter from Samuel Sewell to Secretary Timothy Pickering, 27 December 1797.Ĭompare with Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (ed.), The dispatches and letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, with notes (London: H.
Knox (ed.), Naval Documents Relating to the Quasi War between the United States and France (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1935), vol. Hamilton, ‘Naval Hagiography and the Victorian Hero’, The Historical Journal, 23, 2 (1980), pp. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.Ĭ.I. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. In that wide field, one may turn to the navies of Germany, Japan, China, the Soviet Union, Latin America, and the United States as representative cases. If one excludes from examination here the distinctive views that may have developed in Nelson’s own victorious Royal Navy and those navies that directly evolved from its traditions in British colonies and the Commonwealth and then if one adds to that number those that Nelson defeated, France, Spain, and Denmark, there are still nearly 150 of the world’s navies to consider. The applications of Nelson’s name in professional naval terms are remarkable and extend to the present day and to modern navies that no longer bear any physical resemblance to those of the age of fighting sail. Within a century after his death, Nelson had become a hero among the world’s navies and an icon of naval professionalism around the globe. Beyond that, Nelson is seen as the embodiment of key professional virtues for naval leaders that provides an enduring model.
His legacy is different from that of a Marlborough or a Wellington, who are also seen as great commanders. The legacy of Horatio Nelson is something more than just that of a fleet commander who had won a famous victory and more than just that of a distinctively British naval hero.
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