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Sir Richard Grenville (1541-1591): Descendiente de una conocida familia de marinos de Cornwall, su padre sirvió en 1545 al mando del Mary Rose, barco en el que murió. Fue un joven agresivo que mató a un hombre en una pelea callejera y luchó contra los turcos en Hungría. Se trasladó a Munster en Irlanda y se unió a los planes de ...
14 de sept. de 2017 · Date of Death: September 1591. Place of Burial: Unknown. Soldier of fortune, sheriff, explorer, investor and privateer, Grenville, a cousin to Sir Walter Raleigh, was involved in Raleigh’s colonial ideals from the very beginning. Commanding a fleet of seven ships in 1585, Grenville led the first English colonial expedition to America.
Richard Grenville. Sir Richard Grenville, o Greynvile (Clifton House, 6 giugno 1542 – Oceano Atlantico, 10 settembre 1591), è stato un corsaro, navigatore e politico inglese, membro dei Sea Dogs ed eroe nazionale inglese per aver affrontato con la sua nave, la Revenge, la flotta spagnola al largo delle Azzorre trovando la morte nello scontro.
Sir Richard Grenville. More than four hundred years ago, Sir Walter Ralegh sent several expeditions to the area now known as North Carolina. Of the many Englishmen who came to Roanoke Island at that time, few, if any, were more notable than Sir Richard Grenville. Born on 5 June 1542, he was always keenly aware that the Grenvilles were gentry ...
Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591 CE) was an Elizabethan adventurer, mariner, and privateer whose life story is as entertaining as any fictional sailor. His early career saw him become a Member of Parliament, a soldier in Hungary, and a plantation owner in Ireland. Grenville took the first English colonists to North America in 1585 CE, battled ...
21 de feb. de 2013 · Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591), English sea captain and explorer, became a legendary figure in the resistance to the Spanish Armada, dying as a result of wounds sustained at the helm of the galleon Revenge in the Battle of Flores: a fight in which he struggled against overwhelming odds.
Richard Grenville. Sir Richard Grenville (1542 – 1591) was an English sailor, sea captain and explorer. He took part in the early English attempts to settle the New World. He was in the fight against the Spanish Armada. He died in 1591 at the Battle of Flores, fighting against overwhelming odds, and refusing to surrender his ship, the Revenge ...
