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Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, The principal voyages of the English Nation to the Isles of Trinidad, Margarita, Dominica , Deseada, Monserrate, Guadalupe , Martinino, and all the rest of the Antilles ; As likewise to S. Juan de Puerto Rico, to Hispaniola, Jamaica and Cuba : and also to Tierra Firma, and all along the coast and Islands therof, even from Cumana and the Caracos to the neckland of Dariene, and over it to the Gulfe of S. Michael and the Isle of Perles in the South sea: and further to Cabeca Cativa, Nombre de dios, and Venta de cruzes, to Puerto Belo, Rio de Chagre, and the Isle of Escudo, along the maine of Beragua, to the Cape and Gulfe of the Honduras, to Truxillo, Puerto de Cavallos, and all other the principall Townes, Islands and harbours of accompt within the said Gulfe, and up Rio dolce falling into this Gulfe, above 30. leagues : As also to the Isle of Cocumel, and to Cape Cotoche, the towne of Campeche , and other places upon the land of lucatan; and lower downe to S. Juan de Ullua, Vera Cruz, Rio de Panuco, Rio de Palmas, &c. within the Bay of Mexico: and from thence to the Isles of the Tortugas, the port of Havana , the Cape of Florida, and the Gulfe of Bahama homewards. With the taking, sacking, ransoming, or burning of most of the principall Cities and townes upon the coasts of Tierra firma, Nueva Espanna, and all the foresaid Islands; since the most traiterous burning of her Majesties ship the Jesus of Lubec and murthering of her Subjects in the port of S. Juan de Ullua, and the last generall arrest of her Highnesse people, with their ships and goods throughout all the dominions of the King of Spaine in the moneth of June 1585. Besides the manifold and tyrannicall oppressions of the Inquisition inflicted on our nation upon most light and frivolous occasions. (search)
res. 300 From Flores to Fayal. 28 From Fayal to Terzera. 28 From Terzera to Saint Michael . 28 From Saint Michael to Cape Saint Vincent . 218 From Terzera to Cape Saint Vincent . 256 From Cape S. Vincent to Cabo de santa Maria upon the coast of Algarbe. 22 From Cabo de santa Maria to Sal Medina in 28 From Fayal to Terzera. 28 From Terzera to Saint Michael . 28 From Saint Michael to Cape Saint Vincent . 218 From Terzera to Cape Saint Vincent . 256 From Cape S. Vincent to Cabo de santa Maria upon the coast of Algarbe. 22 From Cabo de santa Maria to Sal Medina in Andaluzia. 32
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, Here follow the latitudes of the headlandes, Capes, and Islands, as well of Madera, The Canaries, and the West Indies, as of the Azores and the Isles of Cabo Verde. (search)
res. 300 From Flores to Fayal. 28 From Fayal to Terzera. 28 From Terzera to Saint Michael . 28 From Saint Michael to Cape Saint Vincent . 218 From Terzera to Cape Saint Vincent . 256 From Cape S. Vincent to Cabo de santa Maria upon the coast of Algarbe. 22 From Cabo de santa Maria to Sal Medina in 28 From Fayal to Terzera. 28 From Terzera to Saint Michael . 28 From Saint Michael to Cape Saint Vincent . 218 From Terzera to Cape Saint Vincent . 256 From Cape S. Vincent to Cabo de santa Maria upon the coast of Algarbe. 22 From Cabo de santa Maria to Sal Medina in Andaluzia. 32
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), U. S. S. Constitution, or old Ironsides, (search)
d force of militia, infantry, and artillery, and she was soon afterwards safely anchored in Salem Harbor. Thence she went to Boston, Gold box presented to Bainbridge by the City of Albany. where she remained until the close of the year. At the end of December (1814) the Constitution, still under the command of Stewart, put to sea. Crossing the Atlantic, she put into the Bay of Biscay, and Stewart's medal. then cruised off the harbor of Lisbon. Stewart sailed southward towards Cape St. Vincent, and, on Feb. 20, 1815, he discovered two strange sails, which, towards evening, flung out the British flag. Then Stewart displayed the American flag. By skilful management he obtained an advantageous position, when he began an action with both of them; and, after a severe fight of about fifteen minutes in the moonlight, both vessels became silent, and, as the cloud of smoke cleared away, Stewart perceived that the leading ship of his assailants was under the lee-beam of his own vesse
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, Chapter 24: (search)
r anchors in the harbor of Gibraltar the Rock; the Town; the military; the review and the Alameda. The afternoon was bright and beautiful as the Sumter, emerging from the harbor of Cadiz, felt once more the familiar heave of the sea. There was no sail in sight over the vast expanse of waters, except a few small coasting-craft, and yet what fleets had floated on the bosom of these romantic waters! The names of Nelson, Collingwood, Jervis, and others, came thronging upon the memory. Cape St. Vincent and Trafalgar were both in the vicinity. The sun, as he approached his setting, was lighting up a scene of beauty, peace, and tranquillity, and it was difficult to conjure those other scenes of the storm, and the flying ships, and the belching cannon, so inseparably connected with those great names. It was too late to attempt the run to Gibraltar that night, with the hope of arriving at a seasonable hour, and so we held on, in nautical phrase, to the light—that beautiful red flash w
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 18: (search)
day, tired of the Keppels and the Palisers, the Chap. XVIII.} 1780. mutinous and the incompetent, put in command of the expedition that was to relieve Gibraltar and rule the seas of the West Indies. One of the king's younger sons served on board his fleet as midshipman. He took his squadron to sea on the twenty-ninth of December, 1779. On the eighth of January, 1780, Jan. 8. he captured seven vessels of war and fifteen sail of merchantmen. On the sixteenth, he encountered off 16. Cape St. Vincent, the Spanish squadron of Languara, very inferior to his own, and easily took or destroyed a great part of it. Having victualled the garrison of Gibraltar, and relieved Minorca, on the thirteenth Feb. 13. of February he set sail for the West Indies. At St. Lucie he received letters from his wife, saying: Everybody is beyond measure delighted as well as astonished at your success; from his daughter: Everybody almost adores you, and every mouth is full of your praise; come back when you
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 24., The English Medford. (search)
vine service is held every Sunday afternoon in the school by the vicar of Christ Church, Stone. Meaford Hall, on the east side of the Trent, is the seat of Lieut.-Col. William Swinfen W. Parker-Jervis, D. S. O., and has been in the possession of the Jervis family for several generations; here was born, 19th January, 1735, John Jervis, the famous admiral, created Earl St. Vincent, 23rd June, 1797, in recognition of the splendid victory he achieved in that year over the Spanish fleet off Cape St. Vincent. Lieut.-Col. William Swinfen W. Parker-Jervis, D. S. O., is the principal landowner. The soil is gravel; subsoil, sandstone. The land is chiefly in pasture. The area is 1,376 acres. The population is included in Stone parish. Letters through Stone, by messenger, and Stone is the nearest money order and telegraph office. The children of this place attend the school at Stone. We regret that we cannot in this issue present the beautiful views mentioned, but hope to in the near
The Daily Dispatch: November 21, 1860., [Electronic resource], Death of Admiral Sir Charles Napier. (search)
he was created Cavallere de Ponza by the King of the Two Sicilians.--Afterward, he commanded the frigate Galates, and acquired considerable notoriety by the experiments he made in navigating the vessel by means of stern wheels; he was also among the first promoters of steam navigation. In 1833, he resigned his command and entered the service of Dom Pedro as admiral, and distinguished himself for his exertions to secure the accession of Queen Donna Maria, particularly by his victory off Cape St. Vincent, for which he was created by Dom Pedro, Visconde de Cabo de San Vincente.--After the expulsion of Dom Miguel from Portugal, Sir Charles Napier returned to England, and, in 1840, resumed active service. He bore a prominent part, as second in command under Admiral Stopford, in the proceedings against Mohammed All and Ibrahim Pacha, upon the coast of Syria, and in the treaty shortly after concluded with the former. For these services he received the honor of knighthood, and was presented