Memoirs of the Naval Worthies of Queen Elizabeth's Reign: Of Their Gallant Deeds, Daring Adventures, and Services, in the Infant State of the British NavyJ. Murray, 1845 - 495 pages |
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Page xii
... Spaniards - Conveyed to Lima , and there executed as a Pirate 145 CAPTAIN EDWARD FENTON Performed two Voyages to the Arctic Seas under Frobisher , commanded the Mary Rose in the Defeat of the Armada , was appointed ostensibly to ...
... Spaniards - Conveyed to Lima , and there executed as a Pirate 145 CAPTAIN EDWARD FENTON Performed two Voyages to the Arctic Seas under Frobisher , commanded the Mary Rose in the Defeat of the Armada , was appointed ostensibly to ...
Page xiii
... Spaniards in the South Sea , passed the Strait of Magelhaens , and after various Suc- cesses followed Drake's Track round the Cape of Good Hope , and arrived in safety - Fitted out a second Expedition , which failed , quarrelled with ...
... Spaniards in the South Sea , passed the Strait of Magelhaens , and after various Suc- cesses followed Drake's Track round the Cape of Good Hope , and arrived in safety - Fitted out a second Expedition , which failed , quarrelled with ...
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... Spaniards - Made Ten Voyages in Twelve Years - Details of these Ten Expeditions - Appointed Her Majesty's Knight in the Exercise of Arms - Character of the Earl - His Countess and Family 440 SIR WILLIAM MONSON . Enters the Navy as a ...
... Spaniards - Made Ten Voyages in Twelve Years - Details of these Ten Expeditions - Appointed Her Majesty's Knight in the Exercise of Arms - Character of the Earl - His Countess and Family 440 SIR WILLIAM MONSON . Enters the Navy as a ...
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... Spaniards - Attacks and Captures Fernambuco - Freights Fif- teen Ships with the Spoil - Elizabeth grants a Charter to certain Merchants to trade to the East Indies - Lancaster appointed to command the first Fleet - Succeeds completely ...
... Spaniards - Attacks and Captures Fernambuco - Freights Fif- teen Ships with the Spoil - Elizabeth grants a Charter to certain Merchants to trade to the East Indies - Lancaster appointed to command the first Fleet - Succeeds completely ...
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... Spaniards , the greatest naval power then existing , British seaman- ship and gunnery were greatly advanced , and the determined bravery of our seamen then , as now , led them , on every occasion when it could be done , to the practice ...
... Spaniards , the greatest naval power then existing , British seaman- ship and gunnery were greatly advanced , and the determined bravery of our seamen then , as now , led them , on every occasion when it could be done , to the practice ...
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