Jamestown

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Excerpt from Jamestown: A Sketch of the History and Present Condition of the Site of the First Permanent English Settlement in AmericaWhen, on July 3d, 1898, the American ¿eet com manded by Sampson and led by Schley destroyed the Spanish squadron off the coast of Cuba, it completed the work begun by Sir Francis Drake in 1588 which opened the door for the settlement of Jamestown. The Spain of young Alfonso XIII., which, in bidding fare well to the continent which Columbus had discovered, gathered up the bones of the Discoverer in the Havana Cathedral and transported them to Seville in December, 1898, was a pitiable reminder of the proud and mighty Spain of Philip II. The latter, waxing fat and lusty on the gold wrung from her new possessions under a slavery described as worse than Egyptian, had become the first political, military and naval power of the world, and when her Invincible Armada set forth to conquer England in 1588, the fate of centuries trembled in the balance. The defeat of the Armada, followed by the annihilation of the Spanish ¿eet before Cadiz by Ra leigh' in 1596, broke the arrogant power of Spain, gave England control Of the ocean routes, and made the plant ing of the English people, culture and institutions in America possible. The defeat of the Invincible Armada was the Preface to the History of the United States, of which the settlement of Jamestown was the opening Chapter. A.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.