The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 9 (February 25, 1927)
16th Century
16th Century.
This religious new-departure of the English people gave direction to a vast expansion of their energies in the outside world. It led them into war with Spain, and sent forth Drake and Hawkins and the Buccaneers, to train the sailors and pilot the merchant adventurers who would soon make England mistress of all the wide seas.