Title: The age of Drake /
Authors: Williamson, James A. 1886-1964
Publisher: Adam and Charles Black,
Year: 1938
Subjects: Drake, Francis,; Drake, Francis,; Discoveries in geography English; Great Britain History; Great Britain History, Naval; Great Britain Foreign relations Spain.; Spain Foreign relations Great Britain
Contents: The prelude to the age -- First attempts at expansion -- The first years of Elizabeth -- John Hawkins and his project -- The third voyage of John Hawkins -- The Elizabethan period takes shape -- Drake in the Caribbean -- John Oxenham -- The project of Cathay and the South Sea -- Drake's circumnavigation: to port St. Julian -- Drake's circumnavigation: the south sea and the Moluccas -- The last year of peace-- The north American party -- Hawkins and the navy -- The campaigns of 1585-87 -- The armada -- Towards the far east -- The empire of Guiana -- Decline and transition.