The English Voyages of the Sixteenth Century
The English Voyages of the Sixteenth Century
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Augustine, on the coast of Florida, was looted on the way, and the miser- able colonists of Virginia were visited and taken home. It is difficult and presumptuous to criticise Drake's plan of action. In his later expeditions he was hampered by the instructions of the Government and the opinions of others, as he had not been hampered earlier. He had proposed in 158 1 to seize Terceira, and make Lack of a , . c , . j 1 j r\3MiX base, it a naval base for harassing and plundering Spanish commerce. ...Many of his critics held, and some still hold, that he should have kept possession of Carthagena with the same object.
But the profit-sharing system of naval enter- g 97 THE ENGLISH VOYAGES prise made a policy of this kind almost impos- sible ; and to the end of his life the buccaneer - in Drake held the upper hand of the statesman.
If the English had established and fortified themselves on the main trading route of the Spanish Indies the story of the Armada might have remained unwritten.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Augustine, on the coast of Florida, was looted on the way, and the miser- able colonists of Virginia were visited and taken home. It is difficult and presumptuous to criticise Drake's plan of action. In his later expeditions he was hampered by the instructions of the Government and the opinions of others, as he had not been hampered earlier. He had proposed in 158 1 to seize Terceira, and make Lack of a , . c , . j 1 j r\3MiX base, it a naval base for harassing and plundering Spanish commerce. ...Many of his critics held, and some still hold, that he should have kept possession of Carthagena with the same object.
But the profit-sharing system of naval enter- g 97 THE ENGLISH VOYAGES prise made a policy of this kind almost impos- sible ; and to the end of his life the buccaneer - in Drake held the upper hand of the statesman.
If the English had established and fortified themselves on the main trading route of the Spanish Indies the story of the Armada might have remained unwritten.
T he .
What to read after The English Voyages of the Sixteenth Century?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir, 1861-1922 to read onlineMoreLess
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