An Address On the Occasion of the Tercentenary of the Death of Richard Hakluyt, 23 November, 1916
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A 2 IO arguments that are fairly sound for all time, the new mar- kets for English goods, the increase of the royal revenues by customs dues, new material for the growth of the navy, relief for the surplus population of England, etc., he is fully aware that these ends cannot be won without fighting. Colonies on the American coast will give occasions and opportunities for driving the Spaniards from the New- foundland fisheries and for intercepting the treasure ships coming from New Spain. "If yo...u touch him {i.e. the King of Spain) in the Indies, you touch the apple of his eye." When the " Principal Navigations " was published five years later the first attempts at colonizing Virginia had failed, and the Queen could not be said to possess a square mile of territory beyond the Four Seas, but the power of Spain had been broken in the great Armada fight in 1588. That date fitly marks the commencement of the structure which has become the British Empire. The ground was cleared, and the foundations had been well and truly laid by the valiant deeds of our seamen, and by the enterprise of our explorers and commercial agents.
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