. A larger history of the United States of America, to the close of President Jackson's administration . e; now rifling a town, now plun-dering a captive, now capturing a vessel and taking a fawl-con [breastplate] of golde with a great emeraud in the breastthereof, from the owner in person. Never once did they en- THE OLD ENGLISH SEAMEN. 95 counter an armed opponent, or engage in a fair fight; on theother hand, they were never guilty, as the Spaniards oftenwere, of wanton cruelty, judging both sides by the testimonyof their own witnesses. It was an io^noble warfare in onesense; but when we con
. A larger history of the United States of America, to the close of President Jackson's administration . e; now rifling a town, now plun-dering a captive, now capturing a vessel and taking a fawl-con [breastplate] of golde with a great emeraud in the breastthereof, from the owner in person. Never once did they en- THE OLD ENGLISH SEAMEN. 95 counter an armed opponent, or engage in a fair fight; on theother hand, they were never guilty, as the Spaniards oftenwere, of wanton cruelty, judging both sides by the testimonyof their own witnesses. It was an io^noble warfare in onesense; but when we consider that these Englishmen were inan unknown sea, with none but unwilling pilots, and that therewas not a man along the shore who was not their enemy,there was surely an element of daring in the whole affair. They repaired their ships at the island of Sanno; and therethe attacks upon the Spaniards ended. The narrator thussums up the situation: Our General at this place and time,thinking himselfe both in respect of his priuate iniuries re-ceived from the Spaniards, as also of their contempts and in-. PART OF MAP OF DRAKES VOYAGES, PUBLISHED BY J. HONDIUS IN HOLLANDTOWARDS THE CLOSE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, 96 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. dignities offered to our countrey and Prince in general!, suffi-ciently satisfied and reuenged, and supposing that her Maiestieat his returne would rest contented with this seruice, purposedto continue no longer upon the Spanish coastes, but began toconsider and to consult of the best way for his countrey. He resolved at last to avoid the Strait of Magellan, whichhe had found dangerous, and the Atlantic Ocean, where hewas too well known, and to go northward along the coast,and sail across the Pacific as he had already crossed the At-lantic. He sailed as far north as California, which he calledNew Albion ; he entered a faire and good bay, which mayhave been that of San Francisco; he took possession of thecountry in the name of Queen Elizabeth,
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