Sir John Hawkins, the Time and the Man.

That English slave-runner, freebooter, and naval hero, Sir John Hawkins, is the subject of another biography. This history begins with Old William Hawkins and includes, of course, the career of John's brother, also named William. It is a fine account of Elizabethan seafaring days, running through the defeat of the Armada and the building up of the British Navy.