Bibliograph

Sir Francis Drake, John Sugden

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Sir Francis Drake, John Sugden

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

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mapsillustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sir Francis Drake

Responsibility statement

John Sugden

Summary

More than four hundred years after his death, Sir Francis Drake remains one of the legendary figures of history. His career is one of the most colourful on record. The most daring of the corsairs who raided the West Indies and Spanish Main, he led the English into the Pacific, and circumnavigated the world to bring home the Golden Hind laden with Spanish treasure. His attacks on Spanish cities and ships transformed his private war into a struggle for survival between Protestant England and Catholic Spain, in which he became Elizabeth I's most prominent admiral. His exploits marked the emergence of England as a major maritime nation

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