Excerpt from True Tales of Travel and Adventure, Valour and Virtue The chief pilot of the fleet was an Englishman, William Adams, born in Gillingham, two miles from Rochester, and one mile from Chatham, Where the Queen's ships do lie. This Kentish man was a true and loyal subject of Queen Elizabeth, but he was ready, like many Englishmen of that time, to serve wherever he had good opportunity, provided it was not among the Spaniards and other enemies of free and Protestant England. He gives account of himself and of his ...
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Excerpt from True Tales of Travel and Adventure, Valour and Virtue The chief pilot of the fleet was an Englishman, William Adams, born in Gillingham, two miles from Rochester, and one mile from Chatham, Where the Queen's ships do lie. This Kentish man was a true and loyal subject of Queen Elizabeth, but he was ready, like many Englishmen of that time, to serve wherever he had good opportunity, provided it was not among the Spaniards and other enemies of free and Protestant England. He gives account of himself and of his voyages in letters to his wife, which were fortunately pre served, and published by Purchas, the Collector of so many curious and valuable records of old travel and adventure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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