Elizabethan Sea Dogs 12+

📒 Elizabethan Sea Dogs is the story of Francis Drake and his companions. It was during the reign of Elizabeth, the last of the Tudor sovereigns of England, that Englishmen won the command of the sea. Sir Francis Drake was the first of the modern admirals and he and his fellow captains were known as sea dogs. English winning a path to the new world marks the start of American history. The Table of Contents includes England's first look, Henry VIII, king of the English sea, Life afloat in Tudor times, Elizabethan England, Hawkins and the fighting traders, Drake's beginning, Drake's 'encompassment of all the world, Drake clips the wings of Spain, Drake and the Spanish Armada, The one and the fifty-three, Raleigh and the vision of the west, and Drake's end.