On the Spanish Main
Nonfiction, History, Americas, Central America, Caribbean & West Indies, Latin America
| Author: | John Masefield | ISBN: | 1230000344470 |
| Publisher: | True North | Publication: | April 7, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Masefield |
| ISBN: | 1230000344470 |
| Publisher: | True North |
| Publication: | April 7, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Francis Drake, the first Englishman to make himself "redoubtable to the Spaniards" on the Spanish Main, was born near Tavistock about the year 1545. He was sent to sea, as a lad, aboard a Channel coaster engaged in trade with the eastern counties, France and Zeeland. When he was eighteen years of age he joined his cousin, John Hawkins, then a great and wealthy merchant, engaged in the slave trade.
Francis Drake, the first Englishman to make himself "redoubtable to the Spaniards" on the Spanish Main, was born near Tavistock about the year 1545. He was sent to sea, as a lad, aboard a Channel coaster engaged in trade with the eastern counties, France and Zeeland. When he was eighteen years of age he joined his cousin, John Hawkins, then a great and wealthy merchant, engaged in the slave trade.
