• George Shelvocke (baptised 1 April 1675 – 30 November 1742) was an English Royal Navy officer and later privateer who in 1726 wrote A Voyage Round the...
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    George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from...
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    (Brill 2013 ISBN 978-90-0426787-9), p. 179 George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton An Universal...
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  • under George Shelvocke, was the source of the albatross incident, and also ended with his capture by the Spanish. As Hatley had, at Shelvocke's direction...
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    passenger. George Shelvocke (British); 1719–1721. John Clipperton (British); 1719–1722. Privateer, initially sailed with George Shelvocke. Jacob Roggeveen...
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    the name include: Captain George Shelvocke, 18th-century privateer and author George Shelvocke, son of Captain George Shelvocke, a member of the crew and...
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    Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, by George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton, vol. 43, London...
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    "Jewish financiers" in general, a French socialist from among their circle, Georges Marie Mathieu-Dairnvaell, authored a work entitled Histoire édifiante et...
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    Noort, John Eaton, William Dampier, Woodes Rogers, John Clipperton, George Shelvocke and William "Bully" Hayes. The island became a rest stop for whalers...
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    Becket John Anstis Duke of Ancaster Charles Hayes Edmund Prideaux George Shelvocke John Woodward John Ward John Baptist Grano Baron King Jacques Leblon...
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    the use of schools. G. Robinson. pp. 387–. George Sale; George Psalmanazar; Archibald Bower; George Shelvocke; John Campbell; John Swinton (1748). An Universal...
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    Anne, but he was restored to favour at the accession of King George I. In 1718, George made him a Knight of the Garter. Beauclerk died at Bath two days...
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    Montefiore is mentioned in Charles Dickens' diaries, in the personal papers of George Eliot, and in James Joyce’s novel Ulysses. It is known that he had contacts...
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    Antarctic Convergence 1698–1699 – Edmond Halley sails to (52° S) 1720 – George Shelvocke – sails to (61° 30′ S) 1739 – Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier...
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    Peacock, a surveyor who worked with George Dance the Younger. Soane began his training as an architect age 15 under George Dance the Younger and joining the...
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    South Pacific navigators as Admiral George Anson and privateering captains John Clipperton and George Shelvocke. Rogers encountered financial problems...
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    mapped the area and wrote detailed descriptions. He was followed by George Shelvocke in 1721, who later published the oldest known drawings of the Pericues...
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    1587, and later on by Woodes Rogers (1710), George Shelvocke (1719), James Cook (1778), and finally George Vancouver in 1792. Spanish explorer Sebastián...
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  • was hence closely linked with Whiggism. In 1718 Sayer was succeeded by George Payne, a successful Civil Servant. The society then passed into the care...
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    accounts to the present time, Volume 2 By George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton. p. 319 Chamber's...
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    Britain was very divided between Whigs who favoured the succession of George of Hanover after Queen Anne's death and Tories who supported the return...
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    its vice-president. William Jones was born as the son of Siôn Siôr (John George Jones) and Elizabeth Rowland in the parish of Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd...
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  • Becket John Anstis Duke of Ancaster Charles Hayes Edmund Prideaux George Shelvocke John Woodward John Ward John Baptist Grano Baron King Jacques Leblon...
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    In the course of his tour, the death of Queen Anne and accession of King George I in 1714 opened a political career for Stanhope, and he quickly returned...
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    between 1747 and 1768. Contributors included George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell and John Swinton. The novelist...
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    Hogarth became a member of the Rose and Crown Club, with Peter Tillemans, George Vertue, Michael Dahl, and other artists and connoisseurs. By April 1720...
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  • Success sailed with the Speedwell, captained by George Shelvocke. Clipperton had replaced Shelvocke as overall commander of the expedition before the...
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    December 1737 – 30 April 1831). Married Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke. George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (26 January 1739 – 29 January 1817). Lord...
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    the Earliest Account of Time, Volume 10, George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton, p. 136 B.II...
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    post of organist at Hanover Square, and a visit to Oxford in 1733 to hear George Frideric Handel's oratorio Athalia. Upon leaving school, Arne was articled...
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