Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake

Author: John Sugden

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2012-04-24

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1448129508

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How well do you know the life of one of Britain’s great maritime heroes? Discover the truth behind a man who remains a legendary figure of history more than four hundred years after his death. Sir Francis Drake’s career is one of the most colourful on record. The most daring of the corsairs who raided the West Indies and Spanish Main, he led the English into the Pacific, and cirumnavigated the world to bring home the Golden Hind laden with Spanish treasure. His attacks on Spanish cities and ships transformed his private war into a struggle for surivival between Protestant England and Catholic Spain, in which he became Elizabeth I's most prominent admiral and marked the emergence of England as major maritime nation. ‘Excellent...It deserves to become the standard Drake life. His scholarship is impeccable’ Frank McLynn, Sunday Telegraph

Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake

Author: Harry Kelsey

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 598

ISBN-13: 9780300071825

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Traces the life of Sir Francis Drake, separates the man from the myth, and describes his voyages

Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake

Author: Roy Gerrard

Publisher: Sunburst

Published: 1989-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780374466886

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Retells in poetry the daring adventures of the explorer who was the first Englishman to sail around the world; helped to defeat the Spanish Armada; and who, encouraged by Queen Elizabeth I, was a feared pirate in his time.

Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake

Author: Charles Nick

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 2009-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780606151351

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For use in schools and libraries only. What sight sent shivers down the spines of 16th-century Spanish sailors? The masts of any ship belonging to Sir Francis Drake the slave trader, pirate, and looter known as "The Dragon," who prowled the seas from the Mediterranean to the Pacific Ocean.

Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake

Author: Harry Kelsey

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 9780300084634

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In this lively and engaging new biography, Harry Kelsey shatters the familiar image of Sir Francis Drake. The Drake of legend was a pious, brave, and just seaman who initiated the move to make England a great naval power. Kelsey paints a far more interesting picture of Drake as an amoral privateer who lined his pockets with Spanish booty. 98 illustrations.

Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake

Author: William W. Lace

Publisher: Infobase Learning

Published: 2013-10

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 1438148674

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Sir Francis Drake rose from humble beginnings on an English farm to become one of the country's most widely acclaimed heroes.

Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake

Author: Kristin Petrie

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2021-12-15

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1098219414

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In this title, readers will explore sea routes around the world with Sir Francis Drake. Follow Drake's journeys as he sails the seas seeking wealth for England. Along the way he becomes the first Englishman to sail up the Pacific coast of South America. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.