BAWLF, SAMUEL

The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: 1577

New York: Walker & Co, 2003. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802714056. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, short tear bottom edge back of DJ. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 400 pages; "On September 26, 1580, Francis Drake sailed his ship, the Golden Hinde, into Plymouth Harbor on the southwest coast of England. He had long been given up for lost, and rumors quickly circulated about where he had been on his three-year round-the-world voyage, and about the plunder he had brought home to fill Queen Elizabeth's treasury. However, a veil of secrecy was immediately imposed on the expedition: Drake's journals and charts were impounded, and his men were forbidden, on pain of death, to divulge where they had been-especially during the summer of 1579, when they had dropped from sight in the North Pacific.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Ainsworth BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 21197

Catalogue: Exploration::Maritime

Keywords: 0802714056 Queen Elizabeth I Exploration Golden Hinde francis drake

COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES & ROBERT WELSCH

Voyages of Discovery

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1993. Reprint. Softcover. ISBN: 0897333160. Only slight wear to card covers; A bright, solid book.; 8 X 5.02 X 1.18 inches; 505 pages; "Between 1768 and 1779, Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy made three voyages of exploration for purposes of scientific research. On each voyage he kept a log of scenes and adventures. Cook's reputation rose steadily with each voyage largely because Europeans were fascinated with the romance of discovery as well as reports of sexual licence in Tahiti and other Polynesian islands.". Very Good+ .

Ainsworth BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 16927

Catalogue: Exploration::Maritime

Keywords: 0897333160 Cook, James hawaii polynesia Exploration EXPLORATION MARITIME