. The sea [microform] : its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. Adventure and adventurers; Voyages and travels; Ocean; Aventures et aventuriers; Voyages; Océan. ANTIQUITY OF DOVER. 241 350 feet, enormous lukespearo Stretching one's vision a little farther are seen the lofty white cliffs of the French coast; Cape Grisnez, near Calais (which itself lies on low land, and is therefore undiscernible), and the heights of Boulogne. The antiquity of Dover is undeniable. Julius Ca'sar here made his first descent on Britain, in August, 55. Picts and Scots, Danes and Normans, successi
. The sea [microform] : its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. Adventure and adventurers; Voyages and travels; Ocean; Aventures et aventuriers; Voyages; Océan. ANTIQUITY OF DOVER. 241 350 feet, enormous lukespearo Stretching one's vision a little farther are seen the lofty white cliffs of the French coast; Cape Grisnez, near Calais (which itself lies on low land, and is therefore undiscernible), and the heights of Boulogne. The antiquity of Dover is undeniable. Julius Ca'sar here made his first descent on Britain, in August, 55. Picts and Scots, Danes and Normans, successively attacked it; while at the period of the Conquest, 10(50, the town suffered fearfully, the whole place being reduced to ashes except twenty-nine houses. But when it became one of the Cin(juo. 1 â " I . BAMSOATS. Ports it soon rose in importance, and Dover men largely helped that brilliant attack on Philip IV.'s fleet, by which France lost 240 vessels. That enraged monarch retaliated on Dover by burning the larger part of the town; but before the year 1290 the British navy had not merely swept the enemy from the Channel, but had made several reprisals on the coast of France. At the period of the Armada, Dover, with the other Cinque Ports, fitted out, at a cost of £43,000, six large ships for the Queen's service, which were the means of decoying the great Galleas of Spain on a shoal, afterwards engaging and burning her. Riding or walking over the Downs some interesting places may be seen on or near the coast. At St. Margaret's Bay, seven miles north fiom Doverâto the merits of the 151. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Whymper, Frederick, b. 1838. London; New York : Cassel, Petter, Galpin
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