Excerpt from Lives of the British Admirals, Vol. 1 of 4: Containing a New and Accurate Naval History, From the Earliest Periods; With a Continuation Down to the Year 1779, Including the Naval Transactions of the Late War, and an Account of the Recent Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere The firft naval expedition, celebrated by Britilh writers, is that of the planting this ifland by Brito, or Brutei, of which there is a large, and, in many of its circu'mf'tances, no doubt, a fabulous account in Geoffrey of Monmouth; but that the fiery had a ground of truth, may be eafily proved. That this ifland was inhabited as early as this expedition is placed, ap pears from the trade of the Phenicians, and from its being fo' populous at the time of Caefar's invafion. That the fiory' of Brute was no invention of Geoffrey's, is clear, from our having the fame account in Henry of Huntingdon 1, who did not b'or row from him; and in Giraldos Cambrenfis who though he' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.