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1577-1580: The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake
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When Sir Francis Drake returned to England in 1580, many questions concerning his momentous voyage were left unanswered—his journals were impounded and his men were forbidden, on pain of death, to divulge where they had been. Drawing on newly uncovered evidence, geographer and maritime historian Samuel Bawlf masterfully reconstructs Francis Drake’s historic round-the-world expedition, exploring the drama surrounding the voyage and offering intriguing insights into life at sea in the sixteenth century. But it is Bawlf’s assertion of Drake’s whereabouts in the summer of 1579 that gives the book even greater originality: from an intensive study of maps of the period, Bawlf shows with certainty that Drake sailed all the way to Alaska—much farther than anyone has heretofore imagined—thereby rewriting the history of exploration in North America.
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| Weight | 0.39 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 2.42 × 14 × 21.39 cm |
| PubliCanadation City/Country | USA |
| ISBN 10 | 0142004596 |
| About The Author | Samuel Bawlf was a Canadian politican and author. In 1972 he was the youngest person ever elected to the Victoria City Council. He served on the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, as a member of the Social Credit Party, and as the minister of conservation and recreation. He was the author of The Secret Journey of Sir Francis Drake, published in 2003. He died in 2016. |
| Table Of Content | The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: 1577-1580AcknowledgmentsNote to the ReaderProloguePart One: The Quest for Riches1. San Juan d'Ulúa2. Letters of Marque3. Drake's Private War4. A Passage to Cathay5. The South Sea ProjectPart Two: Round About the Whole Globe of the Earth6. The Preparations7. A Troubled Beginning8. The Coast of Barbary9. Land of Giants10. Island of Blood11. Into the South Sea12. Chile13. Peru14. New Spain15. News from the South Sea16. The Moluccas17. HomewardPart Three: Celebrity amid Secrecy18. "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 SecretPart Four: The Northern Voyage, April to September 1579A Record of Discovery23. Drake's Strait of Anian24. Nova Albion25. Point of Position26. A Sorrowful FarewellPostscript: An Old Sailor's YarnNotesBibliographyArt CreditsIndex |
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