The English hero, or, Sir Francis Drake reviv'd
being a full account of the dangerous voyages, admirable adventures, notable discoveries, and magnanimous atchievement of that valiant and renowned commander : as, I. His voyage in 1572 to Nombre de Dios in the West Indies, where they saw a pile of bars of silver near seventy foot long, ten foot broad, and twelve foot high, II. His incompassing the whole world in 1577, which he perform'd in two years and ten months, gaining a vast quantity of gold and silver, III. His voyage into America in 1585, and taking the towns of St. Jago, St. Domingo, Carthagena and St. Augustine, IV. His last voyage into those countries in 1595, with the manner of his death and burial : recommended to the imitation of all heroick spirits : revised, corrected, inlarged, reduced into chapters with contents, and beautified with pictures
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Word Count
43,500 words, Guess
Page Count
174 pages
Physical Format
Microform
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL16711714M
- OCLC Control Number12657382
Classifications
- LCCE129.D7 B46 1695
- DDC942.05/5/0924
- DDCB
and 1 more
- LCCE129.D7 C9 1695
Alternate Titles
- English hero
- Sir Francis Drake
Subjects
Series Statement
- Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 1525:10.
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- The English hero, or, Sir Francis Drake reviv'd: being a full account of the dangerous voyages, admirable adventures, notable discoveries, and magnanimous atchievement of that valiant and renowned commander : as, I. His voyage in 1572 to Nombre de Dios in the West Indies, where they saw a pile of bars of silver near seventy foot long, ten foot broad, and twelve foot high, II. His incompassing the whole world in 1577, which he perform'd in two years and ten months, gaining a vast quantity of gold and silver, III. His voyage into America in 1585, and taking the towns of St. Jago, St. Domingo, Carthagena and St. Augustine, IV. His last voyage into those countries in 1595, with the manner of his death and burial : recommended to the imitation of all heroick spirits : revised, corrected, inlarged, reduced into chapters with contents, and beautified with pictures
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