Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of A Short History of H.M.S. Victory. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by William James Lloyd Wharton, which is now, at last, again available to you. Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have A Short History of H.M.S. Victory in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, ...
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Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of A Short History of H.M.S. Victory. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by William James Lloyd Wharton, which is now, at last, again available to you. Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have A Short History of H.M.S. Victory in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside A Short History of H.M.S. Victory: Look inside the book: EVERY Englishman, we imagine, knows that the "Victory" was the ship which bore Lord Nelson's flag, and on board of which he received his death wound in the moment of triumph over the combined fleets of France and Spain, off Cape Trafalgar; but as very few are aware of her numerous and distinguished services, extending over many years, and preceding that sad yet glorious climax, this memoir of her career has been drawn up, with the hope of making her history from her launch to the present time better known; and that the hundreds who yearly visit her may carry away a record of their visit, to remind them of the classic ground they have been treading, and recall to their recollections some of the splendid deeds of the past, which gained for England the proud title of "Mistress of the Seas." ...Sir Charles found himself with 37 ships of the line, which seems a large force, but the accounts of the day state that a number of them were very badly manned; however that may be, after sailing on June 16th, he was cruising off Ushant on August 20th, when intelligence reached him that the French and Spanish fleets had effected a junction at Cadiz, and were then off Plymouth; he learnt also that they consisted of 67 sail of the line, besides more than 30 frigates, and smaller vessels.
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