Philip Nichols: 2 books
Harvard Classics Volume 33
Voyages And Travels
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Contents: 1. An account of Egypt from The Histories, by Herodotus 2. Germany, by Tacitus 3. Sir Francis Drake Revived, by Philip Nichols 4. Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World, by Francis Pretty 5. Drake's Great Armada, by Captain Walter Bigges 6. Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland,...
by Philip Nichols
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Sir Francis Drake, the greatest of the naval adventurers of England of the time of Elizabeth, was born in Devonshire about 1540. He went to sea early, was sailing to the Spanish Main by 1565, and commanded a ship under Hawkins in an expedition that was overwhelmed by the Spaniards in 1567. In order to...