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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... four ships that , from their size , deserved the name of ships - of - war . These were the Regent , the Great Harry ( by some named Henry Grace de Dieu ) , the Sovereign , and the Mary Rose ; and they constituted nearly the whole of his ...
... four ships that , from their size , deserved the name of ships - of - war . These were the Regent , the Great Harry ( by some named Henry Grace de Dieu ) , the Sovereign , and the Mary Rose ; and they constituted nearly the whole of his ...
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... four large ships , and Monson says that she too was burnt : one thing is certain , that none of the four large ships of Henry are found in the list of those , which were em- ployed against the Spanish Armada , nor in any other list ...
... four large ships , and Monson says that she too was burnt : one thing is certain , that none of the four large ships of Henry are found in the list of those , which were em- ployed against the Spanish Armada , nor in any other list ...
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... four sorts of ore , " to hold gold in good quantitie . " Here also they found and brought to England the horn of the narwhal or unicorn fish , which being the first ever brought home , was sent to Windsor , " and reserved as a jewell in ...
... four sorts of ore , " to hold gold in good quantitie . " Here also they found and brought to England the horn of the narwhal or unicorn fish , which being the first ever brought home , was sent to Windsor , " and reserved as a jewell in ...
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... four hours . It cannot have been used to measure the ship's way , as there was neither log - line nor log - book before the year 1607. In the first volume of the Archæologia , in the accounts of the churchwardens , is an entry , " 1591 ...
... four hours . It cannot have been used to measure the ship's way , as there was neither log - line nor log - book before the year 1607. In the first volume of the Archæologia , in the accounts of the churchwardens , is an entry , " 1591 ...
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... four squadrons , to the command of one of which Frobisher was appointed ; and shortly afterwards Captain John Hawkins and Captain Martin Fro- bisher , with three others , received the honour of knighthood at the hands of the Lord High ...
... four squadrons , to the command of one of which Frobisher was appointed ; and shortly afterwards Captain John Hawkins and Captain Martin Fro- bisher , with three others , received the honour of knighthood at the hands of the Lord High ...
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