The Great Dutch AdmiralsH.S. King & Company, 1873 - 351 páginas |
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... sailed into some town which was besieged by the Spaniards , the inhabitants being reduced to eat cats and dogs . And they would then hear of such horrible cruelties done by the foreign soldiers to their friends in other towns , that ...
... sailed into some town which was besieged by the Spaniards , the inhabitants being reduced to eat cats and dogs . And they would then hear of such horrible cruelties done by the foreign soldiers to their friends in other towns , that ...
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... sailed far enough , they could get from a cold sea into a warm sea until they reached a new land . The savages , who were dressed in skins , received many presents , and they parted the best of friends . This information was exactly ...
... sailed far enough , they could get from a cold sea into a warm sea until they reached a new land . The savages , who were dressed in skins , received many presents , and they parted the best of friends . This information was exactly ...
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... sailed from Amsterdam , accompanied by the prayers and blessings of their friends . The first three weeks pre- sented nothing worthy of note . But during the night of the 1st of June , as Heemskerk was lying in bed , one of the men who ...
... sailed from Amsterdam , accompanied by the prayers and blessings of their friends . The first three weeks pre- sented nothing worthy of note . But during the night of the 1st of June , as Heemskerk was lying in bed , one of the men who ...
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... sailed round and round their opponents , pouring shot into them from all sides , while the heavy Spanish galleons lay like logs in the water . One of the results of this bravery of the Dutch seamen was that the natives of the strange ...
... sailed round and round their opponents , pouring shot into them from all sides , while the heavy Spanish galleons lay like logs in the water . One of the results of this bravery of the Dutch seamen was that the natives of the strange ...
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... sailed for Spain on the 25th of March . He had already been informed that the great Spanish fleet had run up the Tagus to Lisbon ; so , when he arrived near the mouth of that river on the 10th of April , he sent one of his men in an ...
... sailed for Spain on the 25th of March . He had already been informed that the great Spanish fleet had run up the Tagus to Lisbon ; so , when he arrived near the mouth of that river on the 10th of April , he sent one of his men in an ...
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Admiral Tromp Admiral's afterwards already Amsterdam anchor army ashore attack battle began Blake boats broadside cabin captains coast command Cornelis Tromp Cornhill courage Crown 8vo D'Oquendo danger deck defeat Dunkerque Dutch Admiral Dutch fleet enemy England English fleet Evertsen father felt fight fire fire-ship flag followed fought French friends furious George Ayscue guns Hague hand harbour Heemskerk Holland honour hundred immediately Jacob van Heemskerk John de Witt King knew land London looked men-of-war merchantmen Michiel Monk morning Netherlands never night o'clock once Paternoster Row Pensionary Piet Hein pirates port Prince Prince of Orange province ready received retire returned round Ruyter sailed sailors scarcely sent ship shore shot side signalled silver fleet soldiers Spaniards Spanish fleet splendid squadron Stadtholder States-General terrific Texel thousand town Tromp vessels Vice-Admiral victory Wassenaer whole wind wounded young
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