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Jean Paul, the German poet, said that God had given to France the empire of the land, to England the empire of the sea, and to his own country the empire of the air. The world has changed since Jean Paul's days. The wings of France have been clipped; the German Empire has become a solid thing; but England still holds her watery dominion; Britannia does still rule the waves, and in this proud position she has spread the English race over the globe; she has created the great American nation; she is peopling new Englands at the Antipodes; she has made her Queen Empress. | English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century by 1 English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century by James Anthony Froude This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 Author James Anthony Froude Release Date April 19 2006 EBook 18209 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ENGLISH SEAMEN IN THE Produced by Paul Murray Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http ENGLISH SEAMEN IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 2 English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century by LECTURES DELIVERED AT OXFORD EASTER TERMS 1893-4 BY JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE LATE REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD New Edition LONDON LONGMANS GREEN AND CO. 1896 All rights reserved RICHARD CLAY SONS LIMITED LONDON BUNGAY. CONTENTS LECTURE PAGE I. THE SEA CRADLE OF THE REFORMATION 1 II. JOHN HAWKINS AND THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE 35 III. SIR JOHN HAWKINS AND PHILIP THE SECOND 68 IV. DRAKE S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD 102 V. PARTIES IN THE STATE 141 VI. THE GREAT EXPEDITION TO THE WEST INDIES 176 VII. ATTACK ON CADIZ 207 VIII. SAILING OF THE ARMADA 238 IX. DEFEAT OF THE ARMADA 272 LECTURE I THE SEA CRADLE OF THE REFORMATION Jean Paul the German poet said that God had given to France the empire of the land to England the empire of the sea and to his own country the empire of the air. The world has changed since Jean Paul s days. The wings of France have been clipped the German Empire has become a solid thing but England still holds her watery dominion Britannia does still rule the waves and in this proud position she has spread the English race over the globe she has created the great American nation she is peopling new Englands at the .