DRAKE AND THE GERMAN SURRENDER
"It may be worth remarking thij: the days of November which saw. the surrender of the German naval power to that of Great Britain saw also the anniversary of the day on which Sir Francis Drake'sailed from Plymouth on that expedition which laid the foundation of tho naval Empire of England," says n writer in the "Morning Post." . ~ "It was on November 15, 1577,' as time was then reckoned, but teu days later as we reckon now,, that Drake sailed from, Plymouth in. the Golden Hind, a .ship of 120 tons, on that, voyage of discovery and conquest round the world from which- he returned eighteen months later. The November sun that - went :down on Drake sailing for the West went down 341 years later, on a scene that will not be forgotten-" „
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 126, 21 February 1919, Page 3
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138DRAKE AND THE GERMAN SURRENDER Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 126, 21 February 1919, Page 3
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