Ocean and Her Rulers: A Narrative of the Nations which Have from the Earliest Ages Held Dominion Over the Sea, Comprising a Brief History of Navigation from the Remotest Periods to the Present TimeGriffith and Farran, 1878 - 444 sider |
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acquired Admiral adventurers Africa America ancient arms attack became bestowed Cape Carthage Carthaginians century cloth elegant coast colony coloured Columbus command commerce compelled conquest Constantinople continent crews Crown 8vo discovered discovery dominions Drake Dutch East enemy engaged England English enterprise Europe expedition favour Fcap fleet force formidable fortune galleys Genoa Genoese gilt edges glory Grecian Greece harbour Hispaniola hitherto Holland hostilities Illustrations important India Indies inhabitants island isles king land latter Magellan mariners maritime Mediterranean merchants monarch nations naval navigation obtained occasion ocean opulence period Persian Phoenicians Pisa Pisans port Porto Pisano Portugal Portuguese possession Prince proceedings Queen reign republic rich rivals Romans Rome sail sailors Saracens Shillings ships shore Sicily soon Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit squadron Stories Straits of Magellan success territory thousand tion trade Tyre United Provinces various Venetians Venice vessels victory voyage wealth whilst
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Side 27 - Sixteenth Thousand. Cloth. Whittington and his Cat. Coloured Illustrations, sewed. Young Vocalist (The). A Collection of Twelve Songs, each with an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte. By Mrs. MOUNSEY BARTHOLOMEW.
Side 23 - Loves of Tom Tucker and Little Bo-Peep. Written and Illustrated by THOMAS HOOD. Spectropia, or SURPRISING SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS, showing Ghosts everywhere, and of any colour. By JH BROWN.
Side 23 - Shillings. Fanny and Her Mamma, or, EASY LESSONS FOR CHILDREN. Good in Everything, or THE EARLY HISTORY OF GILBERT HARLAND.
Side 18 - Bible Illustrations; Or, a Description of Manners and Customs peculiar to the East, and especially Explanatory of the Holy Scriptures. By the Rev. BH DRAPER. With Engravings. Fourth Edition. Revised bv Dr. KITTO, Editor of " The Pictorial Bible,
Side 12 - The Three Lieutenants; or, NAVAL LIFE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. * „ The Three Commanders; OR, ACTIVE SERVICE AFLOAT IN MODERN TIMES.
Side 17 - Mark Seaworth; a Tale of the Indian Ocean. „ Peter the Whaler; HIS EARLY LIFE AND ADVENTURES IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS.
Side 27 - MEANWELL IN RHYME. Fully Illustrated, cloth. Hand Shadows, to be thrown upon the Wall. Novel and amusing figures formed by the hand. By HENRY BURSILL.
Side 13 - Swift and Sure, or THE CAREER OF Two BROTHERS. By A. ELWES. Tales of the Saracens. By BARBARA HUTTON. Tales of the White Cockade. By BARBARA HUTTON.
Side 19 - Three Shillings and Sixpence plain ; Five Shillings coloured. Bear King (The) : a Narrative confided to the Marines by JAMES GREENWOOD. With Illustrations by ERNEST GRISET. Small 4to. Familiar Natural History. By Mra. R. LEE. With 42 Illustrations by HARRISON WEIR. *,* Also in Two Vols., entitled "British Animals and Birds,"