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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... means she had within her power to em- ploy , especially in military operations , either as re- garded ships suitable for such undertakings , or offi- cers to command them , experienced in gunnery or practised in naval tactics : but she ...
... means she had within her power to em- ploy , especially in military operations , either as re- garded ships suitable for such undertakings , or offi- cers to command them , experienced in gunnery or practised in naval tactics : but she ...
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... means made use of for their protection . Captain Richard Hawkins , in his well - written Voyage , describes the different processes , and particularly that practised by his father , Sir John Hawkins , one of the ablest navi- gators of ...
... means made use of for their protection . Captain Richard Hawkins , in his well - written Voyage , describes the different processes , and particularly that practised by his father , Sir John Hawkins , one of the ablest navi- gators of ...
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... means : the science of gunnery was then but little known , archery being a part of it . By the experience however acquired in the numer- ous expeditions , chiefly against the Spaniards , the greatest naval power then existing , British ...
... means : the science of gunnery was then but little known , archery being a part of it . By the experience however acquired in the numer- ous expeditions , chiefly against the Spaniards , the greatest naval power then existing , British ...
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... means of undertaking it . Fuller observes , that the learned Mr. Carpenter , in his Geography , recounts him among the famous men of Devonshire : but , says Fuller , " why should Devonshire , which hath a flock of worthies of her own ...
... means of undertaking it . Fuller observes , that the learned Mr. Carpenter , in his Geography , recounts him among the famous men of Devonshire : but , says Fuller , " why should Devonshire , which hath a flock of worthies of her own ...
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... means so sanguine , nor prepared to enter into this scheme ; but such was the conviction on his mind , on long reflection , that , as nature had made a communication between the Southern Atlantic and the Pacific , so the same would be ...
... means so sanguine , nor prepared to enter into this scheme ; but such was the conviction on his mind , on long reflection , that , as nature had made a communication between the Southern Atlantic and the Pacific , so the same would be ...
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Memoirs of the Naval Worthies of Queen Elizabeth's Reign: Of Their Gallant ... John Barrow No preview available - 2016 |
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