Excerpt from The British Admirals, Vol. 1: With an Introductory View of the Naval History of England 994. London successfully defended against him A second Truce purchased Olaf converted The Danes ravage the western. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Lives of the British Admirals, Vol. 1 of 8: Containing Also a New and Accurate Naval History, From Earliest Periods; Continued to the Year 1779 They applied themselves to the emperor, as being a society incorporated into the empire; and, upon complaint, obtained ambassadors to the queen to mediate the busio ness; but, these returned re infects. Hereupon the queen caused a proclamation to be published, that the merchants of the Hanse should be treated and used as all other avengers in her dominions, in point of commerce, without any mark of distinction. At last, the Hanse Towns pre vailed so far in virtue of their German connections, as to gain an imperial edict, whereby the English merchants were prohibited all commerce in the empire; this was answered by a proclamation, in consequence of which. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Lives of the British Admirals, Vol. 1 of 4: Containing a New and Accurate Naval History, From the Earliest Periods; With a Continuation Down to the Year 1779, Including the Naval Transactions of the Late War, and an Account of the Recent Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere The firft naval expedition, celebrated by Britilh writers, is that of the planting this ifland by Brito, or Brutei, of which there is a large, and, in many of its circu'mf'tances, no doubt, a fabulous account in Geoffrey of Monmouth; but that the fiery had a ground of truth, may be eafily proved. That this ifland was inhabited as early as this expedition is placed, ap pears from the trade of the Phenicians, and from its being fo' populous at the time of Caefar's invafion. That the fiory' of Brute was no invention of Geoffrey's, is clear, from our having the fame account in Henry of Huntingdon 1, who did not b'or row from him; and in Giraldos Cambrenfis who though he' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.