"Unrigged" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... come to this coast to request the office of commander of some fleet, he was granted the post of admiral of that of Nueba Espana, which came in 621. On that voyage, he helped the ships that were unmasted and unrigged, both going and coming. By his great diligence he helped to withdraw one that was burning in the port of San Juan de Ulua from among all the fleet, by which act the greater part of the fleet escaped the fire. It was a great ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XXII, 1625-29 • Various |
