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
... Spanish Settlements - Falls sick and dies 96 JOHN OXENHAM . This young Man , countenanced by Drake , undertook a Voyage in a single Ship to the Isthmus of Darien , crossed over it in a Pinnace to Panama and the Pearl Islands - Was ...
... Spanish Settlements - Falls sick and dies 96 JOHN OXENHAM . This young Man , countenanced by Drake , undertook a Voyage in a single Ship to the Isthmus of Darien , crossed over it in a Pinnace to Panama and the Pearl Islands - Was ...
Page xiii
... Spanish Armada - Writes a series of Letters to Sir Francis Walsing- ham , extracted from MSS . in State Paper Office - Arrival and Defeat of the Armada - Spanish MS . Narrative of the Pro- ceedings of the Armada - Expedition against ...
... Spanish Armada - Writes a series of Letters to Sir Francis Walsing- ham , extracted from MSS . in State Paper Office - Arrival and Defeat of the Armada - Spanish MS . Narrative of the Pro- ceedings of the Armada - Expedition against ...
Page xiv
... to the Azores with a Squadron - Attacked by a Spanish Fleet -Brave conduct of Sir Richard Greenvil - Engaged in the Capture of Cadiz - Second to Essex at the Azores - Com- mands a Fleet in the Downs - Raised by James xiv CONTENTS .
... to the Azores with a Squadron - Attacked by a Spanish Fleet -Brave conduct of Sir Richard Greenvil - Engaged in the Capture of Cadiz - Second to Essex at the Azores - Com- mands a Fleet in the Downs - Raised by James xiv CONTENTS .
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... Spanish Armada , nor in any other list during the reign of Queen Elizabeth . The manning of ships , whether of the navy or hired , was necessarily imperfect , and frequently re- quired forcible means : the science of gunnery was then ...
... Spanish Armada , nor in any other list during the reign of Queen Elizabeth . The manning of ships , whether of the navy or hired , was necessarily imperfect , and frequently re- quired forcible means : the science of gunnery was then ...
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... Spanish Armada , for instance , the Lord High Admiral was the only naval officer in the Queen's ships that retained his rank , but its permanency was more owing probably to his judicial than his mili- tary character . Lord Henry Seymour ...
... Spanish Armada , for instance , the Lord High Admiral was the only naval officer in the Queen's ships that retained his rank , but its permanency was more owing probably to his judicial than his mili- tary character . Lord Henry Seymour ...
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