Admirals - Great Britain - Biography - Early works to 1800

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The life of Admiral Vernon . By an impartial hand.
Impartial handDate: MDCCLVIII. [1758]
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The naval , Commercial, and General History of Great Britain; including the lives of the admirals, and other Illustrious Commanders and Navigators, from the earliest times to the present. With a great Number of beautiful Copper-Plates and accurate Maps. To each volume is prefixed a political and illustrative preface; And to the whole a copious Index. By Frederick Hervey, Esq. Editor of the New System of Geography in two volumes, folio. In five volumes.
Hervey, FredericDate: M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786]
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A narrative of the proceedings of Admiral B---g, and of his conduct off Mahon, on the 20th of May. By an officer of the squadron
Officer of the Squadron.Date: [1756]
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The Lives of the English and Irish admirals . Displaying, in the most striking colours, the conduct and heroism of the naval commanders of Great-Britain and Ireland. In two volumes. Vol. I.
Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]
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The english hero , or Sir Francis Drake, reviv'd. Being a full account of the dangerous voyages, admirable adventures, notable discoveries and magnanimous Atchievments of that valiant and renowned Commander. I. His Voyage in 1572 to Nombre de Dios, in the West Indies, where he saw a Pile of Silver Bars, near 70 Feet long, 10 Feet broad, and 12 Feet high. II. His incompassing the whole World in 1577, which he performed in two Years and 10 Months gaining a vast Quantity of Gold and Silver. III. His Voyage into America in 1585, and taking the Towns of St. Jago, St. Domingo, Carthagena and St. Augustine; also his worthy Actions when Vice-Admiral of England in the Spanish Invasion, 1588. IV. His last Voyage in those Countries in 1595, with the Manner of his Death and Burial. Recommended to the Imitation of all heroic Spirits. Enlarged and reduced into chapters with contents. By R. B.
Nathaniel CrouchDate: [1780?]