With only fifty-two men, Sir Francis Drake conceives the idea of attacking his archenemy, Spain, at her most vulnerable point the treasure at Nombre de Dios. (Volume 33, Harvard Classics)
Drake died at Nombre de Dios, Jan. 9, 1596.
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Introductory Note: Benvenuto Cellini
Autobiography (Vol. I, Ch. XIII-XIX), by Benvenuto Cellini
Introductory Note: George Berkeley
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Introductory Note: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Introductory Note: American Historical Documents
First Charter of Virginia
Introductory Note: The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon
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Introductory Note: Aeschylus
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Introductory Note: William Wordsworth
Poems, by William Wordsworth
Introductory Note: Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (VII), by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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