Show SEVEN MISTRESSES OF SEA Including Tyre Only That Number of Nations Have Right to Title of High Honor Mark Sullivan writing in Colliers Collier's on Americas Part In the New World of another another an an another The The Heritage Tyre Tyro quotes other writer as follows referring to nations notions that have held the position of ot the Mistress of the Seas SeaB Since the day that man first straddled strad strad- died a floating log and started humanity humanity humanIty human human- ity ad adventuring by sea the Intervening centuries have ha seen ony seven nations possessed of at sufficient genius to dominate dominate dominate domi domi- nate the earths earth's deep waters During 2248 years Tyre has had but seven true h heirs Tyre in her time was the Inspiration of ot all commerce Irrespective Irrespective Irrespective Irre Irre- of ot nationality all who trafficked trafficked trafficked by sea were called merchants of Tyre and andl all aU vessels of ot burden ships of at Tyre Tre Dynasties lived by bygrace grace giace of Tyres Tyre's credit and died nt pt the calling of her loans With the passing of Tyre the position went ent to Carthage after v r Carthage to the Italian cities titles Venice Genoa Florence and Naples Italy dominance for tor years until the League Iea e of Cities took tool the crown of commerce to the Baltic son sea Th Then n Portugal forced ced herself herself her her- self If to the front That was preceding th the tho discovery ery of America by Spain With the aggressiveness of which that discovery was was' characteristic Spain took tho the leadership away awny from gal Spain held behl It years jears and lost It to Holland Rolland Holland held it for some generations and lost It to Great I Britain I |