The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and PolicyCresset Press, 1954 - 287 sider |
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... Indies . The temptation was too great , so he sailed west to capture a prize worth more than a million in our money . * An interesting example of the way in which a tradition grows up is afforded by what is called Drake's prayer . In ...
... Indies . The temptation was too great , so he sailed west to capture a prize worth more than a million in our money . * An interesting example of the way in which a tradition grows up is afforded by what is called Drake's prayer . In ...
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... Indies . When she was condemned as fair prize the admiral and the two captains got £ 65,000 each and £ 485 went to each seaman.18 India was not a theatre in which Pitt showed much per- sonal interest because he knew that if his system ...
... Indies . When she was condemned as fair prize the admiral and the two captains got £ 65,000 each and £ 485 went to each seaman.18 India was not a theatre in which Pitt showed much per- sonal interest because he knew that if his system ...
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... Indies had little effect on the enemy's strength in Europe . Dissipation of our limited resources was fatal . As the future Lord Barham told Spencer , the First Lord from 1794 to 1801 : ' I think if you see Dundas it may not be amiss to ...
... Indies had little effect on the enemy's strength in Europe . Dissipation of our limited resources was fatal . As the future Lord Barham told Spencer , the First Lord from 1794 to 1801 : ' I think if you see Dundas it may not be amiss to ...
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