The Life, Voyages, and Exploits of Admiral Sir Francis DrakePantianos Classics, 1843 - Всего страниц: 208 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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... Essex- Attack on Corunna - On the upper Town - Gallant conduct of a Female - A Battle - Description of by Norris and by Drake - Essex joins them - Arrival at Peniche - Norris marches for Lisbon - Drake sails for Cascais - Proceedings ...
... Essex , who was now appointed Governor of the province of Ulster , with the view of quelling the rebels , more particularly in the district of Clandeboy , by means of volunteer adventurers , which he was himself to raise , and for which ...
... Essex into this land , as Captain General and Governor of Ulster , and was , at this time , the chief of a band of military adventurers . He drove the Scots out of Clandeboy , and took the Castle of Lifford from Con . O'Donnell ; but ...
... Essex was made away by the cunning practices of Leicester . " * The next most ancient and independent authority is that of Hakluyt . " In this port ( St. Julian ) our General began to inquire diligently of the actions of Mr. Thomas ...
... Essex , which some of that nobleman's friends sup- posed to have been perpetrated by some emissary of the Earl of Leicester , who was his bitterest enemy at Court ; but the rumour was scouted by Essex himself , who was fully aware of ...
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