1758 - 1783 Nelson's Birth and Boyhood - He is entered on Board the RAISONABLE - Goes to the West Indies in a Merchant-ship; then serves in the TRIUMPH - He sails in Captain Phipps' Voyage of Discovery - Goes to the East Indies in the SEAHORSE, and returns in ill Health - Serves as acting Lieutenant in the WORCESTER, and is made Lieutenant into the LOWESTOFFE, Commander into the BADGER Brig, and Post into the HINCHINBROKE - Expedition against the Spanish Main - Sent to the North Seas in the ALBERMARLE - Services during the American War