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Blake, Robert
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The great English admiral and "Sea King," born at Bridgewater; successful as a soldier under the Commonwealth, before he tried seamanship; took first to sea in pursuit of Prince Rupert and the royalist fleet, which he destroyed; beat the Dutch under Van Tromp de Ruyter and De Witt; sailed under the great guns of Tunis into the harbour, where he fired a fleet of Turkish pirates; and finally, his greatest feat, annihilated a Spanish fleet in Santa Cruz Bay under the shadow of the Peak of Teneriffe, "one of the fiercest actions ever fought on land or water" (1598-1657).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Blake, Robert'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/blake-robert.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Blake, Robert'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/blake-robert.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
