A Sea-Dog of Devon (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
A Life of Sir John Hawkins
Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | Robert Alfred John Walling | ISBN: | 9781411454972 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | May 31, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Alfred John Walling |
| ISBN: | 9781411454972 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Publication: | May 31, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
| Language: | English |
A substantive introduction to the life and times of the legendary Sir John Hawkins, who was among the greatest and most resolute of those famous seamen of Devon—men who made the earliest expeditions to the unknown shores of the New World. Walling’s text cover Hawkins’s youth, the slave-trade, the affair of San Juan, and the Armada, among many other interesting events.
A substantive introduction to the life and times of the legendary Sir John Hawkins, who was among the greatest and most resolute of those famous seamen of Devon—men who made the earliest expeditions to the unknown shores of the New World. Walling’s text cover Hawkins’s youth, the slave-trade, the affair of San Juan, and the Armada, among many other interesting events.
