Lives and voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier; including an introductory view of the earlier discoveries in the South sea, and the history of the bucaniers ...
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781425532499
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - General; History / United States / General
First sentence: THE early records of maritime enterprise relate no incident more striking than the adventure of Captain FRANCIS DRAKE forcing his way across the Isthmus of Darien, and ascending that "goodly and great high tree" from which he could look back upon the eastern shores of the Atlantic where his ship lay, and forward in the distance descry that new and mighty ocean, the subject of so many golden dreams and ambitious hopes.