. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... English Gentleman, ^Wf/ 60 STORY OF OUR COUNTRY. leigh was in London, his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, mucholder than he, was making preparations for a voyage to America. There were five ships in all. Sir Humphrey, the admiral, wenton the ship Delight^ the Raleigh followed, commanded by the vice-admiral of the fleet, then came the Golden Hind, with rear-admiralEdward Hayes. There were, besides, two smaller barks, the Squir-rel, and the
. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... English Gentleman, ^Wf/ 60 STORY OF OUR COUNTRY. leigh was in London, his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, mucholder than he, was making preparations for a voyage to America. There were five ships in all. Sir Humphrey, the admiral, wenton the ship Delight^ the Raleigh followed, commanded by the vice-admiral of the fleet, then came the Golden Hind, with rear-admiralEdward Hayes. There were, besides, two smaller barks, the Squir-rel, and the Swallow. They sailed for Newfoundland, and there found thirty-six shipsof other nations fishing away on the banks. The first thing SirHumphrey did was to drive all these thirty-six other ships am surprised to find they went so peaceably. His claim to New-foundland seems to us so very doubtful that one would have ex-pected all the other ships to insist that they had as good right tofish on Newfoundland Banks as he. But they gave him no trouble,and after a little parley sailed away, and left him in undisputedpossession of all the fish. Then he set up a pillar
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