Francis Drake : the lives of a hero / John Cummins.
TITLE:
Francis Drake : the lives of a hero / John Cummins.
By:
Publication Date:
1995
Publication Information:
New York : St. Martin's Press,
Physical Description:
348 p. : ill., maps.
Geographic Term:
Summary:
This is a full-blooded and absorbing portrait, based on research in English and Spanish archives, of the greatest seaman of the Elizabethan age. From his family's fierce Protestantism and early poverty which drove Drake to sea while still a boy until his death at sea in 1596, it was a life of drama in which opportunism, courage, greed, religion, international politics and luck all played their part alongside the sailing skill and navigational brilliance of the first man to sail his ship all the way around the world.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780312158118
General Note:
Maps on endpapers.
