from afar

A haze of days

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May 25th 2015
In the wild October night-time, when the wind raved round the land, And the Back-sea met the front-sea, and our doors were blocked with sand, And we heard the drub of dead-man's bay, where the bones of thousands are, We knew not what the day had done for us at Trafalgar. Had done, Had done, For us at Trafalgar! 'Pull hard, and make the nothe, or down we go!' One says, says he. We pul ... read more

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Los Canos de Meca

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more