Drake : the life and legend of an Elizabethan hero
Coote, Stephen2003
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Focusing on the episodes that made Sir Francis Drake's reputation, this biography recreates the excitement of the raids on the Spanish Caribbean ports during Drake's privateering days; the feat of the circumnavigation aboard the 'Golden Hind'; and Drake's role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
Main title:
Drake : the life and legend of an Elizabethan hero / Stephen Coote.
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Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2003.
Collation:
[xi]. 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Map and ill. on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-327) and index.
ISBN:
9780743220071 (hbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
1926230