The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake by Samuel Bawlf

The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake by Samuel Bawlf

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Samuel Bawlf goes beyond Sir Francis Drake's epic circumnavigation of the globe to suggest that the explorer was given - and fulfilled - secret orders. The accomplishment of this task, he argues, made him - 200 years before Cook - one of the greatest of all explorers.

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The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake by Samuel Bawlf

With Sir Francis Drake in command, a fleet of five small ships left Plymouth in December 1577. By the time the expedition reached the Pacific Ocean only one remained, the Golden Hinde. The adventures of Drake as he devastated Spanish treasure ships, charted unknown lands and became the first captain safely to circumnavigate the globe make this one of most amazing of all human adventures. But beyond telling a great story for a new generation Bawlf suggests more - that Drake had secret orders which he fulfilled and which make him--200 years before Cook--one of the greatest explorers the world has ever known.
Samuel Bawlf has spent much of his adult life fascinated by maps, by Drake and by the labyrinthine waterways of the Pacific Northwest which he has frequently sailed. He lives in British Columbia.
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ISBN 13 9780141005911
ISBN 10 0141005912
Titel The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake
Autor Samuel Bawlf
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Penguin Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 2004-08-26
Seitenanzahl 416
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