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of vessels furnished by certain maritime towns. 1515. The Henry Grace de Dieu, of 1,000 tons and 122 guns, mostly of small caliber, was built under the orders of Henry VIII. It was a sea-going failure The Caracon, built by Francis I., ditto. 1603. The English navy consisted of 42 ships. 1610. The Prince, 1,400 tons, built by James I. The Carrack was a large ship. The Santa Anna was the property of the Knights of St. John, of about 1,700 tons, sheathed with lead, and built at Nice, 1530. It was a floating fortress, and aided Charles V in taking Tunis in 1535. It had a crew of 300 men, and 50 pieces of artillery. Of celebrated voyages may be mentioned that of the Phoenicians in the time of Pharaoh Necho (B. C. 610) in circumnavigating Africa. Christopher Colon in crossing the Atlantic, 1492. Vasco de Gama in doubling the Cape of Good Hope, November 20, 1497. Ferdinand Magellan in discovering the Pacific Ocean, into which he sailed from the Straits of Mag