The Life, Voyages, and Exploits of Admiral Sir Francis Drake, Knt: With Numerous Original Letters from Him and the Lord High Admiral to the Queen and Great Officers of StateJ. Murray, 1843 - Всего страниц: 428 Francis 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. |
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... Cape Horn - Passage up the North Pacific CHAPTER IV . CONTINUATION OF VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD . 1577-1580 . p . 75 Drake proceeds to the Northward - A North - East Passage round America suggested - Intense cold - Interview with the na ...
... Cape Finisterre , which lasted four days ; the ships se- parated , the boats were all lost , and the Jesus suf- fered so much as to be nearly disabled for the voyage . The storm ceasing , however , they were enabled to assemble the ...
... Cape de la Vela , and other places , " carrying on , and without ob- struction , a tolerable good trade , " that is , of course , in selling their negroes for silver . But at Rio Ida Hacha all commerce with the inhabitants was strictly ...
... of Sevill which he had taken the daie before , also one shallop with oares which he had taken at Cape Blanche . This * Drake Revived . Captaine Rause , understanding our Captaine's pur- pose , was CH . II . II . ] 43 TO THE SPANISH MAIN .
... Cape Florida to the Isles of Scilly , and arrived at Plymouth on Sunday the 9th of August , 1573 , during sermon time . The news of Drake's return being carried into the church , there remained few or no people with the preacher ; all ...