The Last Fight of 'the Revenge' at Sea Under the Command of Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Grenville on the 10-11th of September 1591: Described by Sir Walter Raleigh, November 1591, Gervase Markham, 1595, and Jan Huygen Van Linschoten in Dutch, 1596; English, 1598; and Latin, 1599 ... |
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Page 93 - Day," and invites him to come and visit her family from the Thursday evening till the Monday, etc., etc. Every Letter has been exhaustively annotated ; and a Chronological Table, with most copious Indices, conclude the Work.
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| Titre | The Last Fight of 'the Revenge' at Sea Under the Command of Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Grenville on the 10-11th of September 1591: Described by Sir Walter Raleigh, November 1591, Gervase Markham, 1595, and Jan Huygen Van Linschoten in Dutch, 1596; English, 1598; and Latin, 1599 ... Numéro 29 de English reprints |
| Auteur | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| Rédacteurs | Edward Arber, George Arber |
| Éditeur | A. Constable and Company, 1895 |
| Original provenant de | l'Université du Michigan |
| Numérisé | 24 févr. 2006 |
| Longueur | 96 pages |
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