Author: James McDermott Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 9780300083804 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 548
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Details the life and exploits of the privateer who served Elizabeth I, battled against the Spanish Armada, and attempted to find the Northwest Passage.
Author: John Haaren Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1625586906 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 226
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This easy to read text will be not only be a delight for your child to read, but will also provide a great insight to the foundations of the modern world. You can experience the adventurous times of the birth of the modern era through the eyes of such men as Lorenzo de Medici, Christopher Columbus, Galileo, Newton, Napoleon, Gladstone, and George Washington.
Author: Michael Wintroub Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107188237 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 305
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A journey in the history of science across the shifting religious, epistemic, and technical practices on a remarkable sixteenth-century voyage.
Author: Mary Frear Keeler Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 131705475X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 368
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Significant in the history of Anglo-Spanish relations and of English ventures was Drake's expedition to the West Indies in 1585-86. His raids on Spanish towns on both sides of the Atlantic were aimed not only to gather treasure but to bring a military challenge to the empire of Philip II. The voyage was linked also with the plantation projects of Raleigh, and ended with Drake bringing home the discouraged settlers of the first Virginia colony. Although not a financial success, the expedition attracted wide attention in England and the continent and was a prelude to the events of 1588. For over three centuries after the voyage the main source of information about it was the lively narrative, strongly propagandistic in tone, that was published in 1588 and 1589. In the present volume this account, attributed to Captain Walter Bigges, has been critically edited in the light of evidence now available from English and Spanish sources. Printed also are documents relating to ships and personnel and to financial accounts of the expedition. Included too are the journal from the vice-admiral's ship, the Primrose, edited from the original manuscript, the fragmentary journals from ships of two other major officers, and an important newsletter. Among illustrations are a previously unpublished map relating to Drake's stop at Vigo, as well as the Boazio maps, which are shown in differing sizes and details. Dr Keeler's introduction discusses the expedition in the context of Elizabethan policies in the pre-Armada years. She points out new evidence on Drake's administrative practices, on his negotiations with Spanish officials, and on his dealings with a troublesome rear-admiral. Appendices provide critical notes on the Boazio maps and on the circumstances of the publication of the Bigges account. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1981.
Author: Angus Konstam Publisher: Osprey Publishing ISBN: 9781841760155 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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The swashbuckling English sea captains of the Elizabethan era were a particular breed of adventurer, combining maritime and military skill with a seemingly insatiable appetite for Spanish treasure. Angus Konstam describes these characters, including such well-known sea dogs as Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh, John Hawkins and Martin Frobisher. For about 40 years they fought a private war with the Spanish, and while their success in defeating the Spanish Armada is well known, this book also covers their exploits in the New World.
Author: Thomas H. B. Symons Publisher: University of Ottawa Press ISBN: 177282433X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 362
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The Meta Incognita Project was initiated to cast new light on the Arctic voyages of Martin Frobisher and their significance for the histories of North America and Britain. Although the Elizabethan venture failed to discover a northwest passage to mines and precious metals, and to establish a colony in the future Canadian Arctic, it left valuable legacies.
Author: James McDermott
Author: John Haaren
Author: Edmund Burke
Author: Michael Wintroub
Author: William Cowper
Author: Mary Frear Keeler
Author: Angus Konstam
Author: Arthur Hassall
Author: Thomas H. B. Symons
Author: Leonard George Carr Laughton