English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century by James Anthony Froude
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Title: English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4
Author: James Anthony Froude
Release Date: April 19, 2006 [EBook #18209]
Language: English
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ENGLISH SEAMEN
IN
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
LECTURES DELIVERED AT OXFORD EASTER TERMS 1893-4
BY
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE
LATE REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
New Edition LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1896 [All rights reserved] RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LIMITED, LONDON & BUNGAY.
CONTENTS
LECTURE PAGE
I. THE SEA CRADLE OF THE REFORMATION 1
II. JOHN HAWKINS AND THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE 35
III. SIR JOHN HAWKINS AND PHILIP THE SECOND 68
IV. DRAKE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD 102
V. PARTIES IN THE STATE 141
VI. THE GREAT EXPEDITION TO THE WEST INDIES 176
VII. ATTACK ON CADIZ 207
VIII. SAILING OF THE ARMADA 238
IX. DEFEAT OF THE ARMADA 272
LECTURE I
THE SEA CRADLE OF THE REFORMATION
Jean Paul, the German poet, said