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SCOUT· 30%2h 06m·2026-03-20·HistoryThe Elizabethan Dream: How England Became a Sea Power
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We follow the adventures and the atrocities of the English “sea dogs,” from raiding ports in West Africa and Spanish mule trains in Central America to scrounging for gold in the Canadian tundra, as the Tudor regime exploited England’s expertise in sailing and navigation to undermine the Spanish empire and try to turn…
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