Drake And The Tudor Navy; With A History Of The Rise Of England As A Maritime Power
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2005 Scholar's Bokshelf reprint of the second edition (1899) of this classic study of a critical period in the evolution of the British Navy focusing on Hawkins, Drake, the struggles in the Spanish Main, Drake's circumnavigation, the defense against the Armada, and Drakes subsequent expeditions and eventual disgrace. Exhaustive in content, the work presents unique information about Drake and his contemporaries, their pioneering discoveries, the evolution of the British Navy, its political background, and the international conflicts of the Elizabethan world. 2005: 415 + 461 pages, fold-out maps. Softcover. Set of 2 Volumes.
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