On this day in 1796.
2nd August 1796
To Fanny: ‘I will relate an anecdote, all vanity to myself, but you will partake of it: A person sent me a letter, and directed as follows, ‘Horatio...
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On this day in 1796.
2nd August 1796
To Fanny: ‘I will relate an anecdote, all vanity to myself, but you will partake of it: A person sent me a letter, and directed as follows, ‘Horatio...
Only just spotted this one Dave.
I will move it to the on this day sticky for you.
Rob.
40549
Happy Trafalgar day Neil.
40550
Rob.
1580
Sir Francis Drake returns to Plymouth, England, aboard the Golden Hind, after a 33-month voyage to circumnavigate the globe.
Rob.
This is all a false roumour circulated by the decendants of the mutineers. I was a very humane captain by the standards of the times.
Bligh.