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  2. Province of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The name Pennsylvania was derived from the Latin for "Penn's Woods", referring to William Penn's father Admiral Sir William Penn.

  3. Admiralty in the 16th century - Wikipedia

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    Office of Vice-Admiral of the Coast: being some account of that ancient office. Gale Ecco, Making Of Mode. ISBN 978-1240154067. Baugh, Daniel A. (2015). British Naval Administration in the Age of Walpole. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1400874637. Blomfield, R. Massie (1912). "Naval Executive Ranks". The Mariner's Mirror. 2 (4): 106– 112.

  4. List of Royal Navy admirals (1707–current) - Wikipedia

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    This article has an unclear citation style. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting. (April 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) British Admirals. Britannia Viewing the Conquerors of the Seas, 1800 Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-9, formally ...

  5. History of the Royal Navy (before 1707) - Wikipedia

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    In 1321 Sir John de Beauchamp was also appointed Admiral of the South, North and West, effectively the English Navy's first Admiral of the Fleet. [32] The first Admiral to be granted a patent by the monarch was Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel as High Admiral of England, Ireland and Aquitaine given by King Richard II in 1385. [33]

  6. Delaware Colony - Wikipedia

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    The area now known as Delaware was owned by William Penn, the Quaker owner of Pennsylvania. In contemporary documents from the early Revolutionary period, the area is generally referred to as "The Three Lower Counties on the Delaware River" (Lower Counties on Delaware) or by the names of the three counties. [10]

  7. History of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The Birth of Pennsylvania, a portrait of William Penn (standing with document in hand), who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers after receiving a royal deed to it from King Charles II. The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied the area of present-day ...

  8. Admiralty in the 18th century - Wikipedia

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    The Glorious Revolution of 1688 rearranged the political map of Europe and led to a series of wars with France that lasted well over a century. This was the classic age of sail; while the ships themselves evolved in only minor ways, technique and tactics were honed to a high degree, and the battles of the Napoleonic Wars entailed feats that would have been impossible for the fleets of the 17th ...

  9. Admiralty in the 17th century - Wikipedia

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    In the case of the courts abroad, a right of appeal lay back to the British Admiralty Court, which further reinforced this superiority. In all respects, the court was an Imperial court rather than a local Colonial court. North America. Vice-Admiral Carolina; Vice-Admiral Maryland; Vice-Admiral Massachusetts; Vice-Admiral New Hampshire