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Page 1
... fleets — the English Regent and the French Cordilier , being nearly of the
same size ( say , about a thousand tons ) : they grappled together , took fire ,
were blown up , and all on board , seven or eight hundred in each ship , perished
.
... fleets — the English Regent and the French Cordilier , being nearly of the
same size ( say , about a thousand tons ) : they grappled together , took fire ,
were blown up , and all on board , seven or eight hundred in each ship , perished
.
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... fleets — the English Regent and the French Cordilier , being nearly of the
same size ( say , about a thousand tons ) : they grappled together , took fire ,
were blown up , and all on board , seven or eight hundred in each ship , perished
.
... fleets — the English Regent and the French Cordilier , being nearly of the
same size ( say , about a thousand tons ) : they grappled together , took fire ,
were blown up , and all on board , seven or eight hundred in each ship , perished
.
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It may be said we too can steam equally with others ; true , but the naval
superiority of England , which has been asserted and maintained for the last
three hundred years , admits not of equality . ” † This is quite true - insulated as
this * That of ...
It may be said we too can steam equally with others ; true , but the naval
superiority of England , which has been asserted and maintained for the last
three hundred years , admits not of equality . ” † This is quite true - insulated as
this * That of ...
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Item , You shall appoint , for the furnishing of the said vessels , the number of one
hundred and twenty persons , whereof ninety shall be mariners , gunners ,
carpenters , and other necessary men to serve for the use of the ships ; and the
other ...
Item , You shall appoint , for the furnishing of the said vessels , the number of one
hundred and twenty persons , whereof ninety shall be mariners , gunners ,
carpenters , and other necessary men to serve for the use of the ships ; and the
other ...
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To effect this , fifteen ships ( Purchas says thirteen ) were put in preparation ,
among which were distributed one hundred persons with materials to form the
settlement , who were to remain there the whole year , keeping with them three of
the ...
To effect this , fifteen ships ( Purchas says thirteen ) were put in preparation ,
among which were distributed one hundred persons with materials to form the
settlement , who were to remain there the whole year , keeping with them three of
the ...
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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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