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... Azores in this condition . Drake therefore took the pick of the men and ships that were left - twenty ships in all - while Norris turned for home with the sick and the wounded . But for once Drake's uncanny ability to conjure victory ...
... Azores in this condition . Drake therefore took the pick of the men and ships that were left - twenty ships in all - while Norris turned for home with the sick and the wounded . But for once Drake's uncanny ability to conjure victory ...
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... Azores to cover the return of the treasure- fleet . Whether the captain of the barque was misinformed or whether he was one of the renegades such as Burley and Elliot , deliberately sent out to spread false news , it is impossible to ...
... Azores to cover the return of the treasure- fleet . Whether the captain of the barque was misinformed or whether he was one of the renegades such as Burley and Elliot , deliberately sent out to spread false news , it is impossible to ...
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... Azores with , apart from a brilliant feat of arms by Ralegh in capturing Fayal , nothing to show for its long and arduous voyage . The commanders were by now at bitter odds with each other ; the ships were making for home anyhow , as ...
... Azores with , apart from a brilliant feat of arms by Ralegh in capturing Fayal , nothing to show for its long and arduous voyage . The commanders were by now at bitter odds with each other ; the ships were making for home anyhow , as ...
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Philip and Elizabeth | 27 |
The Widening Chasm | 38 |
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