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Robert Blake
(1598 ? 17 August 1657) was one of the most important military commanders of the
Commonwealth of England
and one of the most famous English admirals of the 17th century. Blake is recognised as the chief founder of England's naval supremacy.
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Its dominance was inherited by the British
Royal Navy
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