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The happy result of the encouragement given by Elizabeth , to the improvement
of her navy , acquired for her , as Camden tells us , the glorious title of the “
Restorer of Naval Power and Sovereign of the Northern Seas . ” From her time
down to ...
The happy result of the encouragement given by Elizabeth , to the improvement
of her navy , acquired for her , as Camden tells us , the glorious title of the “
Restorer of Naval Power and Sovereign of the Northern Seas . ” From her time
down to ...
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... gunners , blacksmiths , and coalstokers , who usurp the place of seamen .
What , then , is to become of our brave sailors ? and what is to become of our
superiority of seamanship , of the glorious result of which we have just given so
splendid ...
... gunners , blacksmiths , and coalstokers , who usurp the place of seamen .
What , then , is to become of our brave sailors ? and what is to become of our
superiority of seamanship , of the glorious result of which we have just given so
splendid ...
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The power given to the Lord High Admiral to confer knighthood at sea was
continued and exercised by Elizabeth and James , and , as it would appear , to
an unlimited extent . Thus when Lord Howard of Effingham and the Earl of Essex
were ...
The power given to the Lord High Admiral to confer knighthood at sea was
continued and exercised by Elizabeth and James , and , as it would appear , to
an unlimited extent . Thus when Lord Howard of Effingham and the Earl of Essex
were ...
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The admiral or general who had the command , the vice - admiral , and the rear -
admiral , titles given to the three chief officers ( titles equally and indiscriminately
given to the ships they commanded ) — these three officers then sunk into the Ol
...
The admiral or general who had the command , the vice - admiral , and the rear -
admiral , titles given to the three chief officers ( titles equally and indiscriminately
given to the ships they commanded ) — these three officers then sunk into the Ol
...
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IN realme , and particularly to such as are venturous in the same ; and for that
some encouragement might be given for the following thereof , her Majestie is
pleased to contribute largely towards such charges as are now to be employed ;
their ...
IN realme , and particularly to such as are venturous in the same ; and for that
some encouragement might be given for the following thereof , her Majestie is
pleased to contribute largely towards such charges as are now to be employed ;
their ...
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| Title | 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 Navy |
| Author | John Barrow |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1845 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 juuni 2010 |
| Length | 495 pages |
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