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1) Ship of fire
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1587, sailing to Spain on board Sir Francis Drake's ship "Elizabeth Bonaventure, " seventeen-year-old surgeon's apprentice Thomas Spyre finds that, with the sudden death of his master, he must take over as ship's surgeon and prove his skill not only as a doctor but also as a fighter when he is enlisted by Drake to face battle.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An exploration narrative of the highest order: the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history--as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--...
5) Martyr
Author
Series
John Shakespeare series volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
England is close to war. Within days the axe could fall on the neck of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Spain is already gathering a battle fleet to avenge her.
Tensions in Elizabeth I's government are at the breaking point. At the center of the storm is John Shakespeare, chief intelligencer in the secret service of Sir Francis Walsingham. When an intercept reveals a plot to assassinate England's "sea dragon," Francis Drake, Shakespeare is ordered to protect...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Tom goes with his Uncle Harvey to Peru, where they narrowly escape imprisonment and death as they hunt for buried treasure after tracking down a journal written by John Drake, a young relative of Sir Francis Drake, on a voyage to Lima in 1577. Includes biographical information on John and Francis Drake.
Author
Series
Chronicles of America volume 3
Pub. Date
1921.
Edition
Extra-illustrated edition.
Language
English
Description
Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) sailed around the world, his exploits opening the way for England's colonization of America, taking power from Spain on land and sea. Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, Sir Walter Raleigh, and the Spanish Armada also figure in this 1918 history, which includes a portrait of Elizabethan England and life afloat in Tudor times.
Author
Pub. Date
1988.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Retells in poetry the daring adventures of the explorer who was the first Englishman to sail around the world; helped to defeat the Spanish Armada; and who, encouraged by Queen Elizabeth I, was a feared pirate in his time.
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