On the Spanish Main

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Central America, Caribbean & West Indies, Latin America
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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.

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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.

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