Chapter I: Beginnings of America 1

II. RICHARD HAKLUYT THE MAN 17
III. “THE PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS” 32
IV. THE EARLY VOYAGES 36
V. QUEST FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE 53
VI. THE VOYAGES OF THE CABOTS 62
VII. THE ENGLISH CLAIM TO AMERICA 77
VIII. VENTURES IN THE CABOTS’ TRACK 90
IX. THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE 96
X. THE OPENING OF RUSSIA 104
XI. VOYAGES FOR THE MUSCOVY COMPANY 124
XII. REVIVAL OF THE NORTHWEST THEORY 143
XIII. FROBISHER IN ARCTIC AMERICA 150
XIV. THE LUST FOR GOLD 176
XV. HAWKINS IN FLORIDA 197
XVI. DRAKE’S GREAT EXPLOITS 227
XVII. ON THE PACIFIC COAST 253
XVIII. GILBERT’S VOYAGES 285
XIX. FOOTPRINTS OF COLONIZATION 308
XX. “VIRGINIA” 322
XXI. RALEIGH’S LOST COLONY 351
XXII. JAMESTOWN 381

ILLUSTRATIONS

QUEEN ELIZABETH GOING ABOARD THE “GOLDEN HIND”

From a painting by Frank Brangwyn. _Frontispiece_

FACING

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FAC-SIMILE OF TITLE-PAGE OF “DIVERS VOYAGES” 10

From the copy in the New York Public Library
(Lenox Building).

FAC-SIMILE OF TITLE-PAGE OF THE THIRD, OR AMERICAN, 32
VOLUME OF HAKLUYT’S “VOYAGES,” EDITION OF 1598–1600

From a copy of the original edition in the New
York Public Library (Lenox Building).

“THE GREAT HARRY,” AN ENGLISH SHIP OF THE FIFTEENTH 50
CENTURY

KIDDER’S SKETCH-MAP OF JOHN CABOT’S VOYAGE IN 1497 69

KING HENRY VIII 94

From a photograph, copyrighted by Walker and
Boutall, of a painting.

SEBASTIAN CABOT AT ABOUT EIGHTY YEARS OF AGE 136

Reproduced from the engraving in Seyer’s "History
of Bristol," published in 1823. The original
painting was attributed to Holbein and was
destroyed by fire in 1845.

MARTIN FROBISHER 144

QUEEN ELIZABETH 180

SIR JOHN HAWKINS 198

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE 228

DRAKE OVERHAULING A SPANISH GALLEON 268

SIR WALTER RALEIGH AT THE AGE OF THIRTY-FOUR 310

From a photograph, copyrighted by Walker and
Cockerell, of the portrait attributed to
Federigo Zaccaro in the National Portrait
Gallery.

THE ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISHMEN IN VIRGINIA 324

From a drawing by John White, of Raleigh’s first
colony, 1585.

A MAP OF VIRGINIA, 1585 350

From the map in Hariot’s “Relation.”

THE LOST COLONY 376

A SPANISH GALLEON OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 382

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