Robert Blake: The Ironsides Admiral and His Unyielding Fight Against Piracy
Robert Blake (born August 1599, Bridgwater, Somerset, Eng.—died Aug. 7, 1657, at sea off Plymouth, Devon) admiral who, as commander of the navy of Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth, became one of the most renowned seamen in English history. The son of a well-to-do merchant, Blake graduated from Oxford University in 1625 and in 1640 was elected to the Short Parliament. His staunch Puritanism led him to join the …
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