Arizona republican., 1917-03-17
PLYMOUTH HAS
HAD HIST DRY

W4kHINGTON, D. c., March 10
! The iVcent notice served ON the Amer
lean Consul General in London that for
/ the remainder of the war only British
and Entente allied ships viii be per-
mitted to enter the port of Plymouth,
calls attention to one of the most his
toric towns of England, second to none
/ in the influence which it has exerted
on the history of our own country The
I town is located near the southwest cor
ner of England, at the mouth of the
river Plym. The site is on a series of
, natural terraces slOping south to the
sea, and forming part of the foothills
of Dartmoor. The harbor, one of the
finest and largest in the kingdom
opens to the south. Some interesting
! bits of Plymouths history are given in
the following bulletin just prepared by
the National Geographical Society and
issued from its headquarters in Wash
ington.
lis a notable old town, said Long
fellow and every patriotic American
who has visited there has trod lightly
and with reverence. Out of the harbor
I of Plymouth sailed Sir John Hawkins
/ and Sir Francis Drake to meet and
conquer the Spanish Armada, a feat
which wrote fms TO the sea pCWer of
i Spain. Had Philip succeeded in his
design to crush the British lion in 1888
the history Of this republic would have
horne little OF the English impress. SI
/ Humphrey Gilbert sailed from here tc
take possession of Newfoundland; Sir
Walter Raleigh to Colonze Virginia;
and in 1920 the 'Mayilower' spread net
/ sails at the barbican of plymouth on
( her daring expedition to the new
country.
TO Plymouth men was given the
first charter for trading with America
and to Plymouth men, also, King James
/ gave a charter whereby the region
which had been called the North Parts
Of Virginia was TO be the. domain of
the council established at Plymouth in
/ the County of Devon, for the planting
ruling, ordering and governing of New
I England in America. The first colon
lists of Australia mot The Botany Bay
convicts1 took ship at this port for their
home beyond the seas. Here also EN-
; tlarked the brave troops which fell in
the Crimean war, and a year or so
later the troops sent out to quell the
indian mutiny.
The principal sights of interest in
/ Plymouth are st. Andrews church, in
the certer of the town, built in the 18th
/ century and restored by Sir Gilbert
( Scott in 1875: the old Guildhall row
E public iibIary; the Old town hal no
museum of old books d.;i,.ings
/ prin -ings and portraits. among saicl
/ is to re found q picture OF The leriu
( Fathers enbarking at the bIrbic.lA til,
castle OF the Earl Of Edgecumbe, built
+, in the reign of Henry VIII: the Eddy
( store lighthouse; and the citadel. on
( the eastern portion of the Hoe. con-
structed in 1916. Most interesting of al
is the Hoe, a. hill Ito feet above the
4 sea, the TOP of which is laid out to
parks and gardens, and the most won.
derful promenade in the kingdom. Ii
was on this hill that the tabled wrest-
ing match between the Trojan Corina-
eus and the Giant Goemagot tGogma
Scg) took place. To Carinaeus, who
: held it 4 diversion to encounter giants
was reserved the privilege of Wrestling
with this being twelve cubits high,
after the Iroiars had killed all his
-ribesmen. The Trojan apparently
took little interest in the encounter
until the giant had broken three of his
ribs which SO provoked Corinaeus that
taking the giant on his shoulders he
ran with him to the shore. and getting
upon the top of Il high rock, hurled
down the savage monster into the sea.
where falling on the sides of craggy
rocks he was tori to pieces, and colored
he waves red with his blood
ITO the world of arms. art. ana song
Flymou- h has made large contribu
tons. Three royal academies and one
president OF the royal academy were
bonn there. Among the painters az
Sir Charles Eastlake. Samuel PloHt
James Northcote, Benjamin Robert
Hayden. solomon Hart. and many
others. while Sir Joshua Reynolds WAS
born four miles away in the little towI
OF Plympton."
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