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“... virtues very kind.
I, Two days out the cold winds begin to lose their sting,
land on the third there is felt an appreciable change in
i the climate, which becomes sensibly milder, even if the
Iweather is stormy.
I After four days, the romantic group of islands known
las the Azores is passed. These Western Islands, as they
iare also called, belong to Portugal, from which they are
â– distant 800 miles, and are supposed to be the site of the
: ancient Atlantis. They were first sighted in the fifteenth
(century by Van der Berg, of Bruges, and by 1457 the
whole of the islands were discovered, and the names
â– Azoresgiven to them from the number of goshawks (Port.
\Afor) found on them. From 1580 to 1640 they were
I subject to Spain. The islands must always have a pecu-
liar interest for Englishmen as being the scene of the
memorable engagement between the Spanish and British
fleets on August 30th, 1591, when redoubtable deeds of
Ivalour Were performed by Sir Richard Grenville and his...”
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