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 xi
... Passage SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT . 49 Obtains a Patent from the Queen to undertake North - Western Discoveries , and to possess Lands - Sails for Newfoundland , and takes Possession in the Name of Queen Elizabeth - Is lost at Sea on his ...
... Passage SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT . 49 Obtains a Patent from the Queen to undertake North - Western Discoveries , and to possess Lands - Sails for Newfoundland , and takes Possession in the Name of Queen Elizabeth - Is lost at Sea on his ...
Page xii
... discover a North - West Passage by the Cape of Good Hope ; fought three Spanish Ships at Port St. Vincent , sunk one of them and returned to England 152 MR . THOMAS CAVENDISH Fitted out an Expedition to attack xii CONTENTS .
... discover a North - West Passage by the Cape of Good Hope ; fought three Spanish Ships at Port St. Vincent , sunk one of them and returned to England 152 MR . THOMAS CAVENDISH Fitted out an Expedition to attack xii CONTENTS .
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... passage . This might be so , for he tells us , that the discovery of this passage had engaged his mind for fifteen years , before he could procure the means of undertaking it . Fuller observes , that the learned Mr. Carpenter , in his ...
... passage . This might be so , for he tells us , that the discovery of this passage had engaged his mind for fifteen years , before he could procure the means of undertaking it . Fuller observes , that the learned Mr. Carpenter , in his ...
Page 20
... passage was revived , and false reports were spread abroad , that a passage had been effected round the northern coast of America to Cathaia and the East Indies . Frobisher , however , had no faith in such reports ; and , from all the ...
... passage was revived , and false reports were spread abroad , that a passage had been effected round the northern coast of America to Cathaia and the East Indies . Frobisher , however , had no faith in such reports ; and , from all the ...
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... passage , three - score leagues , " and , stretching along to the westward , he supposed it to be the strait that connected the Atlantic Ocean with what was then called the South Sea , afterwards the Pacific . Here the party disco ...
... passage , three - score leagues , " and , stretching along to the westward , he supposed it to be the strait that connected the Atlantic Ocean with what was then called the South Sea , afterwards the Pacific . Here the party disco ...
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