The Golden Galleon
By ROBERT LEIGHTON
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A PERILOUS SITUATION
The Golden Galleon
BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES
OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF
HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER
THE GALLANT SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE IN
THE GREAT SEA-FIGHT OFF FLORES, ON
BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP THE REVENGE
BY
ROBERT LEIGHTON
Author of
"The Pilots of Pomona" "Olaf the Glorious" "The Thirsty Sword" &c.
ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM RAINEY R.I.
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
PREFACE.
In this present amphibious story I have tried to represent some of theconditions of life ashore and afloat in the glorious days of QueenElizabeth; but I must state, to begin with, that the only portion of thenarrative that is actually based upon historical fact is the account ofLord Thomas Howard's expedition against the West Indian treasure-ships.In this part of the story I have closely followed the original report ofthe last fight of The Revenge, as it was written by Sir Walter Raleighsome few weeks after the battle.
My friend Commander C. N. Robinson tells me that Sir Richard Grenville'sdisregard of Admiral Howard's instructions was, strictly speaking, abreach of discipline