In search of a kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire

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The "author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history--as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--
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Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography
Biographies
Drake, Francis, -- approximately 1540-1596
Elizabeth -- I, -- Queen of England, -- 1533-1603
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Tudors, 1485-1603
Privateering -- History -- 16th century
Voyages around the world -- History -- 16th century
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In search of a kingdom : Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire
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In search of a kingdom : Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire / Laurence Bergreen
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In search of a kingdom
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Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire
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Admirals
Drake, Francis
Elizabeth
Explorers
History
History, Naval
Privateering
Voyages around the world

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