A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels: Containing Whatever is Worthy of Notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, Том 7J. Knox, 1767 |
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... fleet . The ufe they were intended for is faid to have been , to extort confeffion from the English where their ... fleet failed ; for the pope , it is faid , came to the water - fide , and feeing the fleet , bleffed it , and ftiled it ...
... fleet . The ufe they were intended for is faid to have been , to extort confeffion from the English where their ... fleet failed ; for the pope , it is faid , came to the water - fide , and feeing the fleet , bleffed it , and ftiled it ...
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... fleet and a numerous army were provided, under the most experienced officers of those times. The true design of this expedition, was, to destroy the Spanish fleet in the port of Cadiz, and to make themselves maflers of that rich city ...
... fleet and a numerous army were provided, under the most experienced officers of those times. The true design of this expedition, was, to destroy the Spanish fleet in the port of Cadiz, and to make themselves maflers of that rich city ...
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... fleet under Sir Francis Drake , in 1587 , to Cadiz ; where that ad- miral performed rather more than could be ex ... fleet being almost ready , King Philip gave orders that it fhould rendezvous at Lifbon , in order to pafs from thence to ...
... fleet under Sir Francis Drake , in 1587 , to Cadiz ; where that ad- miral performed rather more than could be ex ... fleet being almost ready , King Philip gave orders that it fhould rendezvous at Lifbon , in order to pafs from thence to ...
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... fleet of tenders , with a prodigious quantity of arms on board , intend- ed for fuch as fhould join them . There were alfo on board this fleet 124 volunteers of quality , and about 180 monks of feveral orders . The command of the whole ...
... fleet of tenders , with a prodigious quantity of arms on board , intend- ed for fuch as fhould join them . There were alfo on board this fleet 124 volunteers of quality , and about 180 monks of feveral orders . The command of the whole ...
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... fleet is not to be found ; but though we outnumbered the Spaniards in veffels , the English fleet was greatly inferior both in tonnage , and in the number of men . The English fleet was commanded by Charles Lord Howard of Effingham ...
... fleet is not to be found ; but though we outnumbered the Spaniards in veffels , the English fleet was greatly inferior both in tonnage , and in the number of men . The English fleet was commanded by Charles Lord Howard of Effingham ...
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