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The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1

Note 185 — THE SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY BY SEA.

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Magellan's ship first circumnavigated the globe, passing through the straits, called by his name, into the South Sea, and proceeding West to the East Indies. He himself, like our revered Cooke, perished in the enterprise.

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