473202 Flying Squadron of the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War, 1898 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: U.S. Navy squadron operating in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean during the first half of the Spanish American War of April 25 - August 12, 1898; although the main issue of the conflict was Cuban independence, the ten-week war was fought in both the Caribbean and the Pacific; American naval power proved decisive; ); Prismatic Pictures ; American, out of copyright.