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The Wonderful Travels of Drake

Author : Peter T. Cavallaro
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1477180451
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book The Wonderful Travels of Drake written by Peter T. Cavallaro and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-11-11 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action adventure novel set in the late Middle Ages, The Wonderful Travels of Drake follows the journey of a young boy, Drake, who accompanies his father and uncle on a trade expedition from their home in Naples to the mysterious land of Cathay, present-day China. His taste for adventure and glory is satisfied on the journey, as he experiences the wonders of seeing foreign, exotic lands, and battles with strange creatures and hostile people that he and his party encounter. In the end, Drake becomes older and wiser, and acquires recognition of some of the wonders and perils of the world, and of life. With colorful companions ranging from monks to ship captains to revloutionaries and fierce foes such as a pack of desert jackals and a vast Mongol horde, Drakes adventures are gripping and amazing. The Wonderful Travels of Drake is an excellent tale that uses the metaphor of a fantastic journey to symbolize the deeper meaning, which is the a young boys transition from being a boy to a man.

The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake

Author : Samuel Bawlf
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802718086
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake written by Samuel Bawlf and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 26, 1580, Francis Drake sailed his ship, the Golden Hinde, into Plymouth Harbor on the southwest coast of England. Samuel Bawlf masterfully recounts the drama of this extraordinary expedition within the context of England's struggle to withstand the aggression of Catholic Europe and Drake's ambition for English enterprise in the Pacific. He offers fascinating insight into life at sea in the sixteenth century-from the dangers of mutiny and the lack of knowledge about wind and current to the arduous physical challenges faced every day by Drake's men. A cast of luminous characters runs through The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: Philip II of Spain, Europe's most powerful monarch; Elizabeth's spymaster and powerful advisor, Francis Walsingham; the encyclopedic cosmographer John Dee; and Abraham Ortelius, the great Dutch mapmaker to whom Drake leaked his Pacific discoveries. In the end, though, it is Francis Drake himself who comes most fully to life through the lens of his epic voyage. Remembered most as a privateer and for his victory over the Spanish Armada, the Drake that emerges from these pages is so much more: a dynamic leader of men, a brilliant navigator and sailor, and surely one of history's most daring explorers.

Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Around the World

Author : Henry Raup Wagner
Publisher : San Francisco, Calif. : J. Howell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Around the World written by Henry Raup Wagner and published by San Francisco, Calif. : J. Howell. This book was released on 1926 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World

Author : Francis Pretty
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World written by Francis Pretty and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World" by Francis Pretty. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Sir Francis Drake

Author : John Sugden
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448129508
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Sir Francis Drake written by John Sugden and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 and the Famous Voyage, 1577-1580

Author : University of California, Los Angeles. Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520048768
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book Sir Francis Drake and the Famous Voyage, 1577-1580 written by University of California, Los Angeles. Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Voyage Across the Stars

Author : David Drake
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 1618248421
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book Voyage Across the Stars written by David Drake and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two incandescent novels set in David Drake's best-selling Hammer's Slammers universe together in one volume for the first time. In Cross the Stars, Captain Don Slade has resigned from active duty with the Slammers and headed home for what he hopes will be peaceful retirement with his son and the woman he loves. And, even if he makes it through all dangers, he'll discover Tethys is not exactly ready to welcome him home with open arms. The journey home is an Odyssey of epic proportions and Don Slade is just the Ulysses to undertake it. In Voyage, Ned Slade has a heck of a name to live up to: that of his uncle Captain Don "Mad Dog" Slade of the legendary mercenary brigade, Hammer's Slammers. But Ned's life takes a turn to adventure when he crews for Lissea Doorman, a trade-ship captain who is sent by her conniving guild masters on what is supposed to be a suicide run. The crew of the good ship Swift is after an ancient alien artifact that could revolutionize star travel and Ned must become the warrior and leader that is his inheritance. Jason and the Argonauts meets gritty science fiction adventure in one of best-seller David Drake's most compelling works. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

At Drake's Command

Author : David Wesley Hill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983611721
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book At Drake's Command written by David Wesley Hill and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was as fine a day to be whipped as any he'd ever seen but the good weather didn't make Peregrine James any happier with the situation he was in. Unfairly convicted of a crime he had not committed, the young cook was strung from the whipping post on the Plymouth quayside when he caught the eye of Francis Drake and managed to convince the charismatic sea captain to accept him among his crew. Soon England was receding in their wake and Perry was serving an unsavory collection of sea dogs as the small fleet of fragile wood ships sailed across the deep brine. Their destination was secret, known to Drake alone. Few sailors believed the public avowal that the expedition was headed for Alexandria to trade in currants. Some men suspected Drake planned a raid across Panama to attack the Spanish in the Pacific. Others were sure the real plan was to round the Cape of Storms to break the Portuguese monopoly of the spice trade. The only thing Perry knew for certain was that they were bound for danger and that he must live by his wits if he were to survive serving at Drake's command.

The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake

Author : Samuel Bawlf
Publisher : Allan Lane
ISBN 13 : 9780713995893
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake written by Samuel Bawlf and published by Allan Lane. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1577, a fleet of five small ships left Plymouth with Sir Francis Drake in command. By the time the expedition reached the Pacific Ocean only one remained - the Golden Hind.

The Voyages and Travels, of the Renowned Captain Sir Francis Drake Into the West Indies, and Round the World

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book The Voyages and Travels, of the Renowned Captain Sir Francis Drake Into the West Indies, and Round the World written by and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Around the World ; Its Aims and Achievements

Author : Henry Raup Wagner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Around the World ; Its Aims and Achievements written by Henry Raup Wagner and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sir Francis Drake's voyage around the world

Author : Henry Raup Wagner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book Sir Francis Drake's voyage around the world written by Henry Raup Wagner and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In Search of a Kingdom

Author : Laurence Bergreen
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062875388
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book In Search of a Kingdom written by Laurence Bergreen and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “FASCINATING . . . Dramatic and timely.” —New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice In this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer of Magellan and Columbus reveals the singular adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history. “Entrancing . . . Very good indeed.” —Wall Street Journal Before he was secretly dispatched by Queen Elizabeth to circumnavigate the globe, or was called upon to save England from the Spanish Armada, Francis Drake was perhaps the most wanted—and successful—pirate ever to sail. Nicknamed “El Draque” by the Spaniards who placed a bounty on his head, the notorious red-haired, hot-tempered Drake pillaged galleons laden with New World gold and silver, stealing a vast fortune for his queen—and himself. For Elizabeth, Drake made the impossible real, serving as a crucial and brilliantly adaptable instrument of her ambitions to transform England from a third-rate island kingdom into a global imperial power. In 1580, sailing on Elizabeth’s covert orders, Drake became the first captain to circumnavigate the earth successfully. (Ferdinand Magellan had died in his attempt.) Part exploring expedition, part raiding mission, Drake’s audacious around-the-world journey in the Golden Hind reached Patagonia, the Pacific Coast of present-day California and Oregon, the Spice Islands, Java, and Africa. Almost a decade later, Elizabeth called upon Drake again. As the devil-may-care vice admiral of the English fleet, Drake dramatically defeated the once-invincible Spanish Armada, spurring the British Empire’s ascent and permanently wounding its greatest rival. The relationship between Drake and Elizabeth is the missing link in our understanding of the rise of the British Empire, and its importance has not been fully described or appreciated. Framed around Drake’s key voyages as a window into this crucial moment in British history, In Search of a Kingdom is a rousing adventure narrative entwining epic historical themes with intimate passions.

Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier

Author : Christian Isobel Johnstone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier written by Christian Isobel Johnstone and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sir Francis Drake Revived: The History of Voyages to the West Indies

Author : Philip Nichols
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Sir Francis Drake Revived: The History of Voyages to the West Indies written by Philip Nichols and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Francis Drake Revived is an account of Drake's travels written and compiled by Philip Nichols, preacher who accompanied Drake on his journeys. The book presents a summary and true relation of several voyages made by Sir Francis Drake to the West Indies. It contains accounts faithfully taken out of the report of Master Christopher Ceely, Ellis Hixom, and others who were in the same voyages with him. Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) was an English explorer, sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer, and politician. Drake is best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580. This included his incursion into the Pacific Ocean, until then an area of exclusive Spanish interest, and his claim to New Albion for England, an area in what is now the American state of California.

Sir Francis Drake and the Famous Voyage, 1577-1580

Author : Norman J. W. Thrower
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780520328310
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book Sir Francis Drake and the Famous Voyage, 1577-1580 written by Norman J. W. Thrower and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sir Francis Drake Revived

Author : Various
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Sir Francis Drake Revived written by Various and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-31 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Sir Francis Drake Revived" by Various. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.