History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce (1874)
Lindsay, William Schaw · London : Sampson Low · leaf 199
him to a full consciousness of theirown strength and of their previous legislativeerrors, they, with characteristic energy, resolved toadopt the most effective measures then in their powerto remedy existing evils, although in attempting toremove the yoke which ancient custom, combined withtheir own… … That they had maritime opponents of no ordinarykind to contend against, may be seen in the illustra-tions of some of the Dutch ships of the period whichhave been preserved. In the Print-room of theBritish Museum there will be found a drawing byHollar of the stern of one of their largest and…
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