Sir Walter Ralegh: A BiographyClarendon Press, 1899 - 413 pages |
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... ships , especially the Spanish and Portuguese , which resorted to the Newfoundland coast for the fisheries . His prizes he proposed to bring into Dutch ports , where they could be sold . With the proceeds he would have fitted out an ...
... ships , especially the Spanish and Portuguese , which resorted to the Newfoundland coast for the fisheries . His prizes he proposed to bring into Dutch ports , where they could be sold . With the proceeds he would have fitted out an ...
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... ship . Ralegh's name is not mentioned in the narrative in Hakluyt . Hooker , how- ever , speaks of him as engaged in a dangerous sea - fight wherein many of his company were slain . ' Battered and dispirited the expedition returned ...
... ship . Ralegh's name is not mentioned in the narrative in Hakluyt . Hooker , how- ever , speaks of him as engaged in a dangerous sea - fight wherein many of his company were slain . ' Battered and dispirited the expedition returned ...
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... ships which had infringed his patent . The Queen would not consent unless upon the terms that the offenders compounded with him . In 1586 the Merchant Adventurers of Exeter obtained a commission of inquiry whether his officers did not ...
... ships which had infringed his patent . The Queen would not consent unless upon the terms that the offenders compounded with him . In 1586 the Merchant Adventurers of Exeter obtained a commission of inquiry whether his officers did not ...
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... ship - building art . Ten years of prison , it will be hereafter noticed , did not deaden his instinct . Humphrey Gilbert was again preparing for a voyage to ' the Unknown Goal . ' Two - thirds of the six years of his patent for ...
... ship - building art . Ten years of prison , it will be hereafter noticed , did not deaden his instinct . Humphrey Gilbert was again preparing for a voyage to ' the Unknown Goal . ' Two - thirds of the six years of his patent for ...
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... ship run away in fair and clear weather , having a large wind . So home he wrote denouncing the men as knaves . How he took possession of Newfoundland , and how , on his return , he died , with his memorable last words , are matters ...
... ship run away in fair and clear weather , having a large wind . So home he wrote denouncing the men as knaves . How he took possession of Newfoundland , and how , on his return , he died , with his memorable last words , are matters ...
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