Francis Drake : and the oceans of the world / Samuel Willard Crompton.

Francis Drake : and the oceans of the world / Samuel Willard Crompton.

By
: 
Crompton, Samuel Willard.

Publication Date
: 
2006

Publication Information
: 
Philadelphia, Penn. : Chelsea House Pub.,

Edition
: 
Reference edition.

Physical Description
: 
138 p. : col. ill.

Subject Term
: 
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Geographic Term
: 
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Juvenile literature.
 
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Juvenile literature.

Series
: 
EXPLORERS OF NEW LANDS
 
EXPLORERS OF NEW LANDS.

Summary
: 
From 1577-1580, Drake led the second expedition to sail around the world. During his voyage he made several important discoveries: finding the tip of South America, disproving the theory of the Northwest Passage, and charting the North American Pacific coastline.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9780791086155


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