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Ships & ways of other days (1913)

Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · London : Sidgewick & Jackson, litd · leaf 239

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high seas, could attackthem and confiscate their ships and contents. Now thisafforded a fine outlet for those imaginative seafarerswho yearned for something more adventurous thancatching fish. It was just the kind of life for those whogloried in adventure and wanted it on sea. It helpedto turn the… … THE ELIZABETHAN AGE HE seamanship, the navigation,and the gunnery of the Eliza-bethan age will ever be memor-able, not merely because theyattained such excellence after cen-turies of imperfection, but becauseby a combination of these threearts the whole future of Englandwas mapped out, her…

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