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 13. In the reign of Elizabeth, Captain Francis Drake made a voyage all round the world, though he was not the first navigator who did so, but he was the first English one.

14. This was a grand exploit, as few people had believed, then, that it was possible, or that the world was really a round body; so you see how these voyages tended to increase knowledge, as well as to improve commerce.

15. When Drake returned, the queen went to dine with him on board his ship, and made him a knight, after which he was called Sir Francis Drake, and he soon became an admiral.

16. In the mean time, several voyages had been made to America, and Sir Walter Raleigh, who was one of the great men of the time, had taken possession of a tract of land for the queen of England, which he called Virginia, and it still bears that name.

17. The Europeans behaved very unjustly about America, for although the natives were savages, they had no right to take away their lands.

18. But they did so in every place they went to; and if they were Spaniards, they set up the Spanish flag, and the commander of the ship said, "I take this country for the king of Spain;" and then would fight with the poor natives, and