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Sir Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake( )
Author: Whitfield, Peter
Series title:Historic Lives Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8147-9403-6
Publication Date:Oct 2004
Publisher:New York University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $30.00
Book Description:

Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) assured his place in history when, in his lone ship the Golden Hind, he sailed the Pacific to become the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. Drake the man, however, is an enigma and relatively little is known about his personal life. Historians today have struggled to reconcile the heroic legend with the facts, which show that Drake achieved his status almost exclusively through acts of theft, piracy, and aggression. Drake, who...
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