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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... took place throughout the reign of Queen Elizabeth , are the more to be admired when it is considered how scanty were the means she had within her power to em- ploy , especially in military operations , either as re- garded ships ...
... took place throughout the reign of Queen Elizabeth , are the more to be admired when it is considered how scanty were the means she had within her power to em- ploy , especially in military operations , either as re- garded ships ...
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... took fire , were blown up , and all on board , seven or eight hundred in each ship , perished . This was in the year 1512. The Regent and the Sovereign are said to have been procured by Henry VII . from some private builders in the ...
... took fire , were blown up , and all on board , seven or eight hundred in each ship , perished . This was in the year 1512. The Regent and the Sovereign are said to have been procured by Henry VII . from some private builders in the ...
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... took fire , as is said , from the careless- ness of the mariners , and was wholly consumed . The Sovereign now only remained of the four large ships , and Monson says that she too was burnt : one thing is certain , that none of the four ...
... took fire , as is said , from the careless- ness of the mariners , and was wholly consumed . The Sovereign now only remained of the four large ships , and Monson says that she too was burnt : one thing is certain , that none of the four ...
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... took place at Plymouth , in consequence of the wound he received before the Spanish fort near Brest ; and all that can be found , on inquiry , is , * Fuller's Worthies . that , in the register of St. Andrew's parish ( 18 FROBISHER .
... took place at Plymouth , in consequence of the wound he received before the Spanish fort near Brest ; and all that can be found , on inquiry , is , * Fuller's Worthies . that , in the register of St. Andrew's parish ( 18 FROBISHER .
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... took to be porpoises or seals , or some kind of strange fish , but which , on a nearer approach , they discovered , with great surprise , to be human beings in small boats covered with skins . Well may they have been surprised to see ...
... took to be porpoises or seals , or some kind of strange fish , but which , on a nearer approach , they discovered , with great surprise , to be human beings in small boats covered with skins . Well may they have been surprised to see ...
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