Admiral Watson noted in Mr Ives voyage to India record
The article chronicles the life of Admiral Charles Watson born 1714, detailing his early naval rise, key commands in the East Indies, and notable battles including Gheriah and Chandernagore. It notes his strict integrity, religious devotion, generosity, and posthumous Westminster Abbey monument funded by the East India Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ives
India
Caurant Watson
John ‘ Watson
Westminster
Reiter
Castle Camps
Cambridge
Charles Wager
The
White
Gommisioner
Admiralty
Mr. Watson
Chistles Waper
Watson
Lord
Anson
Cape Breton
Plymouth
East Indies
Spithead
Cork
Kent
Speke
Adlercron
Admiral Watson
Fort St. David’s
Gheriah
Angria’s
Calcutta
Chandernagore
Ives
Omichand
Bengal
Admiral Pocock
Minott
Col. Clive
Mansigiers
Tlinfelf
East- Indies
John Francis Baller
Morval
Corrnwall
Clive
Select Committee
Company
Losses Reported After Incident Involving Navy Officers
Lieutenants Perreau and Hey were killed or died of their wounds, and Lieutenant Stanton, two Midshipmen, the under Secretary, and the Purser, were wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perreau
Hey
Stanton
Early 18th Century Naval Boldness Prompted By War
A brief note recalls a singular instance from 1744 when a captain in the Dragon, ordered to Lisbon for a cargo of Loo moidores, deserted his orders to join the fleet at Hieres Bay the moment enemy preparations were known, demonstrating swift loyalty under pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Loomoidores
Hieres-bay
Ancient Italian Republics and Mighty City States
An excerpt from a historical study of ancient Italy traces the expose of Latium and its surrounding republics including the Etrurian and Umbrian regions. It discusses Toscan power, Carnine regions, and notable cities like Veii Capua and Tarentum while noting military contingents and the broad reach of Latium under Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Abruzzo
Apslia
Terra di Bari
Otranto
Basilicata
Calabria
Latium
Extet
Terra di Lavoro
Naples
Capua
Tareatium
Thorium
Heraclea
Rhegium
Croténa
Iiferor
Asia Minor
Greece
Peloponnesus
Achaia
Crotonians
Tarentines
Pyrrhus
Tarestéim
Sybarié
Crotona
Tarentine
Tealy
Commonwealth of Rome
Polybius
Fabius Pitor
Kingdom
Europe
Wallace on Population Differences Across Ages
Wallace, in his dissertation, argues the opposite view on the number of inhabitants in ancient and modern times. Hume supports his points with learning and reflections but errs by confusing time periods and fails to distinguish Pyrrhus from Caesar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Hume
Pyrrhus
Cefar
Croft
Dowramp
Morrey
Tartis
Parsons
Sternhold
Hopkins
Brady
Tate
Mir
Langdon
Mef
Loneman
Lukey
Ard Co
Cheaptide
Londo
Saxby
York
Tyley
Bath
Banks
Salisbury
Goodby
Sherborne
Wallis
Exeter
Inhabitant Count Sparks Inquiry Into Italian Territory
Fragmentary passage questions the vast population of a region, noting estimates of sixty hundred thousand inhabitants and the difficulty for Italy to sustain such numbers. It calls for inquiry into the masses, the buttons of the inhabitants, and the qualities of the land they cultivate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
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Castro Denina
Joan Lancrorne
D. B
Calpine Gaul
Rome
Apenines
Grand Duchy of
Tuscany
St. Peter’s Patrimony
Orvieto
Perugia
Veii
Vejentum
Cortena
Perusia
Aretium
Volaterra
Cludium
Umbria
Campagen di ‘Roma
Abigail
Coventgarden
Tobe
Ryche Sieur Carette
Carette
H. Baldwin
Fleet-street
England
Mals Hy. Baldwin
Paris
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