Drake's Great Armada
Author: Walter Bigges
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2022-12-15
Total Pages: 57
ISBN-13: 3368325736
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproduction of the original.
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Drake's Great Armada
Author: Walter Bigges
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2021-04-25
Total Pages: 43
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a historical narrative of Drake's return from his Famous Voyage and the despatch of the formidable armament commemorated. Gilbert, who had been empowered by Elizabeth, in the year of Frobisher's last expedition, to found colonies in America, had sailed for that purpose to Newfoundland and had perished at sea on his way homeward. Raleigh, who had succeeded to his half-brother's enterprises, had dispatched his exploring expedition to 'Virginia,' under Amadas and Barlow, in 1584, and had followed it up in the next year with an actual colony. Drake's Great Armada left Plymouth in September of the same year. Elizabeth, knowing that the suppression of the insurrection in the Netherlands would be followed by an attack upon England, was dealing with the insurgents. They equipped an armada of twenty-five vessels, manned by 2,300 men, and despatched it under the command of Drake to plunder Spanish America.
Drake's Great Armada
Author: Walter Biggs
Publisher:
Published: 2012-04-05
Total Pages: 74
ISBN-13: 9781475147964
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Drake's Great Armada
Author: Walter Bigges
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2015-03-05
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781502936530
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"[...] NARRATIVE MAINLY BY CAPTAIN WALTER BIGGS A Summary and True Discourse of Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage, begun in the year 1585. Wherein were taken the cities of Santiago, Santo Domingo, Carthagena, and the town of St. Augustine, in Florida. Published by Master Thomas Cates. This worthy knight, for the service of his prince and country, having prepared his whole fleet, and gotten them down to Plymouth, in Devonshire, to the number of five and twenty sail of ships and pinnaces, and having assembled of soldiers and mariners to the number of 2,300 in the whole, embarked them and himself at Plymouth aforesaid, the 12th day of September, 1585, being accompanied with these men of name and charge which hereafter follow: Master Christopher Carlile, Lieutenant-General, a man of long experience in the wars as well by sea as land, who had formerly carried high offices in both kinds in many[...]".
Drakes Great Armada (Webster's French Thesaurus Edition)
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Publisher: ICON Group International
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrake and the Armada
Author: Fiona Macdonald
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9780531195048
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA biography of the famous English sailor, explorer, and battle commander who became a national hero after helping to defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Drake
Author: Wade G. Dudley
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Published: 2005-05-30
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 1612340547
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles the dramatic life of one of England's earliest naval heroes and the origins of British naval supremacy
Drake
Author: Ernle Bradford
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2014-04-01
Total Pages: 125
ISBN-13: 1497617154
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe authoritative biography of British explorer Sir Francis Drake, from the bestselling author of The Great Siege. Long considered one of the great heroes of British history, Sir Francis Drake was a brilliant navigator, intrepid explorer, and fearsome warrior in Queen Elizabeth’s Royal Navy. He was also a pirate and profiteer who made a small fortune trading slaves. In this compelling biography, Ernle Brandford offers an unvarnished and finely detailed portrait of this complex and influential man. Born to impoverished parents in Devon, Drake rose to power by his own efforts. In his most famous expedition, he sailed around South America through the Strait of Magellan, opening new trade routes for Great Britain. Continuing across the Pacific and around the tip of Africa, he became the first Englishman to sail around the world. Drake also played a key role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada when England was threatened with invasion in 1588. Vastly outnumbered, he led raids into Spanish ports, destroying dozens of ships. But while tales of his exploits have been told for generations, few authors have approached the story of his life with as much depth, authority, and honesty as Bradford.
The Life, Voyages, and Exploits of Admiral Sir Francis Drake, Knt
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Publisher: Pantianos Classics
Published: 1843
Total Pages: 594
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrancis Drake was among the most successful explorers and naval officers of England in the Elizabethan era, successfully circumnavigating the globe and emerging victorious against the Spanish Armada. This biography discusses the most notable accomplishments of Francis Drake, and the role he assumed on voyages around the world. Although the numerous successes he enjoyed on his daring expeditions gained him plaudits in his native England, for the Spanish he was considered a ruthless and menacing pirate for his coastal raids upon settlements. Between 1577 and 1580 Drake succeeded in circumnavigating the world on a single voyage, an achievement which symbolized the growing naval prowess of his nation. A lengthy, blow-by-blow account of the battle with the Spanish Armada spans some three chapters of this text. Feared for its sheer numbers and tonnage, Spain's enormous fleet proved to be unwieldy in battle: novel tactics, such as England's use of ships set aflame and driven toward the enemy's tightly-packed vessels, drove the Armada off. However, as this biography notes, the victory was also thanks to the levelheadedness of Drake and his fellow commanders.
The Sea King
Author: Albert Marrin
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy the end of the 16th century, the domination of the New World by Spain and Portugal was challenged by Sir Francis Drake, a superb navigator and commander, who set forth to establish a foothold for Queen Elizabeth in these new lands. Marrin smoothly navigates readers on a journey through his many adventures in this dramatic biography.
