| Description |
xii, 400 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-371) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Note to the reader -- Prologue -- pt. 1. The quest for riches -- 1. San Juan d'Ulúa -- 2. Letters of marque -- 3. Drake's private war -- 4. A passage to Cathay -- 5. The South Sea project -- pt. 2. Round about the whole globe of the Earth -- 6. The preparations -- 7. A troubled beginning -- 8. The coast of Barbary -- 9. Land of giants -- 10. Island of blood -- 11. Into the South Sea -- 12. Chile -- 13. Peru -- 14. New Spain -- 15. News from the South Sea -- 16. The Moluccas -- 17. Homeward -- pt. 3. Celebrity and secrecy -- 18. "A very short way" -- 19. "Islands of good land" -- 20. "Seen and corrected by Sir Drake" -- 21. "That posterity be not deprived" -- 22. A forgotten secret -- pt. 4. The northern voyage, April to September 1579 -- A record of discovery -- 23. Drake's Strait of Anian -- 24. Nova Albion -- 25. Point of position -- 26 A sorrowful farewell -- Postscript : an old sailor's yarn -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Art credits -- Index. |
| Subject |
Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596 -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America.
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Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596 -- Travel.
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Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
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| ISBN |
0802714056 alkaline paper |
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