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Page 89
... sailors and nearly nineteen thousand soldiers . There were also some four thousand others aboard , of whom twelve ... sailor . Born in Bilbao in 1526 , Recalde had LIBRO QVARTO . 44447 ansik 16 II σ 20 STUMA 89 The First Armada.
... sailors and nearly nineteen thousand soldiers . There were also some four thousand others aboard , of whom twelve ... sailor . Born in Bilbao in 1526 , Recalde had LIBRO QVARTO . 44447 ansik 16 II σ 20 STUMA 89 The First Armada.
Page 131
... sailors and two hundred and thirty - five soldiers , strained like an injured beetle to gain Calais harbour but ran aground on the bar and heeled over in the surf , pointing a host of slender oars to the sky . The water was too shoal ...
... sailors and two hundred and thirty - five soldiers , strained like an injured beetle to gain Calais harbour but ran aground on the bar and heeled over in the surf , pointing a host of slender oars to the sky . The water was too shoal ...
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... sailors . It was the objective of both Philip and Elizabeth to be the first to strike ; and news of the assembling fleet reached Coruña in May where the Adelan- tado was struggling to get the Third Armada into shape . But the Groyne ...
... sailors . It was the objective of both Philip and Elizabeth to be the first to strike ; and news of the assembling fleet reached Coruña in May where the Adelan- tado was struggling to get the Third Armada into shape . But the Groyne ...
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The Peaceful Invasion | 11 |
Philip and Elizabeth | 27 |
The Widening Chasm | 38 |
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