Sir Richard Grenville: The Turbulent Life and Career of the Hero of the Little "Revenge" |
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... Hawkins of Plymouth , brother of the famous Sir John Hawkins , and son of the father ' 2 of Elizabeth's sea - dogs , was owner of a privateering ship , the Castle of Comfort , at this time . The Castle of Comfort was in many ways ' the ...
... Hawkins of Plymouth , brother of the famous Sir John Hawkins , and son of the father ' 2 of Elizabeth's sea - dogs , was owner of a privateering ship , the Castle of Comfort , at this time . The Castle of Comfort was in many ways ' the ...
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... Hawkins only became Treasurer of the Navy in 1578 , and so could not have been responsible for the use of unseasoned wood in the building of the Revenge . Nevertheless , the commission was instructed , among other things , " to find out ...
... Hawkins only became Treasurer of the Navy in 1578 , and so could not have been responsible for the use of unseasoned wood in the building of the Revenge . Nevertheless , the commission was instructed , among other things , " to find out ...
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... HAWKINS , SIR RICHARD : The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins , Knight , in his Voyage into the South Sea . Anno Domini 1593 . ( 1622. ) Contains a short account of the Flores battle , eulogistic of Grenville . Reprinted by the ...
... HAWKINS , SIR RICHARD : The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins , Knight , in his Voyage into the South Sea . Anno Domini 1593 . ( 1622. ) Contains a short account of the Flores battle , eulogistic of Grenville . Reprinted by the ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 19 |
THE SHERIFF OF CORK | 49 |
THE GERALDINES | 57 |
Copyright | |
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