2-547-045 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The 'Olympia' at Manila', 1898. The US Navy protected cruiser USS 'Olympia' at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. The 'Olympia' was the flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the battle, the first major engagement of the war, which saw the destruction of the Spanish Pacific Squadron. A print from Our Country in War and Relations with All Nations, by Murat Halstead, The United Subscription Book Publishers of America, 1898.