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They explored the great river of Orenoque or Baraquan ' — which Kemys renamed , and ever after scrupulously called , Raleana— “ that disemboqueth by sixteen arms in all , between islands ' very great , many of them as big as the Isle of ...
They explored the great river of Orenoque or Baraquan ' — which Kemys renamed , and ever after scrupulously called , Raleana— “ that disemboqueth by sixteen arms in all , between islands ' very great , many of them as big as the Isle of ...
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CHAPTER 22 AN ADMIRAL AT LAST Sir Walter Raleghe hath built a goodly ship of soo tons ; in this month she was launched ; and is called the Destiny . God grant her to be no less fortunate unto her owner than is wished by me !
CHAPTER 22 AN ADMIRAL AT LAST Sir Walter Raleghe hath built a goodly ship of soo tons ; in this month she was launched ; and is called the Destiny . God grant her to be no less fortunate unto her owner than is wished by me !
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And , lastly , her Majesty's death , and my long imprisonment , gave time to the Spaniards to set up a town of stakes , covered with leaves of trees , upon the banks of Orenoque , which they called “ St. Thomé .
And , lastly , her Majesty's death , and my long imprisonment , gave time to the Spaniards to set up a town of stakes , covered with leaves of trees , upon the banks of Orenoque , which they called “ St. Thomé .
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| Title | Sir Walter Ralegh: The Last of the Elizabethans |
| Author | Edward John Thompson |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Company, Limited, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Jan 2008 |
| ISBN | 818868130X, 9788188681303 |
| Length | 387 pages |
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