The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation Made by Sea Or Over-land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Yeeres, Issue 10J. MacLehose and sons, 1904 |
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... England , Drake was sent to London to ' inform Sir William Cecil of all the proceedings of the expedition . ' In 1570 he went on a voyage to the West Indies with two ships , the Dragon ' and the ' Swan , ' and in 1571 with the ' Swan ...
... England , Drake was sent to London to ' inform Sir William Cecil of all the proceedings of the expedition . ' In 1570 he went on a voyage to the West Indies with two ships , the Dragon ' and the ' Swan , ' and in 1571 with the ' Swan ...
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... England in the end of June . On the 12th July 1588 the English fleet put out to search for the Spanish Armada , Drake being Vice - Admiral under Lord Howard of Effingham , but a summer gale drove them back to Plymouth . On the 19th of ...
... England in the end of June . On the 12th July 1588 the English fleet put out to search for the Spanish Armada , Drake being Vice - Admiral under Lord Howard of Effingham , but a summer gale drove them back to Plymouth . On the 19th of ...
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... the lawsuit to prove his legitimacy , but the judgment given on May 10th 1605 went against him . In the same year he obtained a license PAGE 172 208 to travel abroad for three years , and left England XV ILLUSTRATIONS.
... the lawsuit to prove his legitimacy , but the judgment given on May 10th 1605 went against him . In the same year he obtained a license PAGE 172 208 to travel abroad for three years , and left England XV ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Richard Hakluyt. to travel abroad for three years , and left England accompanied by his cousin , Elizabeth Southwell , disguised as his page , whom he afterwards married . They went to Florence , and Dudley entered into the service of ...
Richard Hakluyt. to travel abroad for three years , and left England accompanied by his cousin , Elizabeth Southwell , disguised as his page , whom he afterwards married . They went to Florence , and Dudley entered into the service of ...
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... England . He had a kindly reception from the Shah Abbas the Great , and after five months ' stay returned to Europe as the Shah's envoy in 1599. His appeal for permission to return to England was refused , and he then went to Venice and ...
... England . He had a kindly reception from the Shah Abbas the Great , and after five months ' stay returned to Europe as the Shah's envoy in 1599. His appeal for permission to return to England was refused , and he then went to Venice and ...
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