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 xii
... Strait of Magelhaens - Proceeds up the Western Coast - Crosses the Indian Archipelago - Proceeds Homewards round the Cape of Good Hope - Mutiny of the " Lyon , " and Proceedings at Sea , and Revision of them at Home - Is Vice - Admiral ...
... Strait of Magelhaens - Proceeds up the Western Coast - Crosses the Indian Archipelago - Proceeds Homewards round the Cape of Good Hope - Mutiny of the " Lyon , " and Proceedings at Sea , and Revision of them at Home - Is Vice - Admiral ...
Page xiii
... Strait of Magelhaens , and after various Suc- cesses followed Drake's Track round the Cape of Good Hope , and arrived in safety - Fitted out a second Expedition , which failed , quarrelled with his People , and died at Sea of a broken ...
... Strait of Magelhaens , and after various Suc- cesses followed Drake's Track round the Cape of Good Hope , and arrived in safety - Fitted out a second Expedition , which failed , quarrelled with his People , and died at Sea of a broken ...
Page 21
... strait in the north part of America , through which men might sail to the rich country of Cathay , and so the wealth of the East and West might be conjoyned by a mu- tual commerce . Herewith , " he continues , " these moneyed men being ...
... strait in the north part of America , through which men might sail to the rich country of Cathay , and so the wealth of the East and West might be conjoyned by a mu- tual commerce . Herewith , " he continues , " these moneyed men being ...
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... strait in lat . 63 ° 8 ' , to which the geographers of that day very properly gave the name of the first discoverer . Frobisher entered this " great gut , bay , or passage , three - score leagues , " and , stretching along to the ...
... strait in lat . 63 ° 8 ' , to which the geographers of that day very properly gave the name of the first discoverer . Frobisher entered this " great gut , bay , or passage , three - score leagues , " and , stretching along to the ...
Page 23
... strait , by the first navigator who had visited that part of the coast of America , was sufficient ground for coming to such a conclu- sion , and so thought the government . At a council held at Westminster in March , 1577 , present the ...
... strait , by the first navigator who had visited that part of the coast of America , was sufficient ground for coming to such a conclu- sion , and so thought the government . At a council held at Westminster in March , 1577 , present the ...
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