Chapter I: Preface

It has not been possible, for lack of space, always to tell the old stories in the original words, which are, in almost all cases, the best. If any readers of this book can get a sight of two big volumes called “Drake and the Tudor Navy,” by Julian Corbett, they may consider themselves fortunate. In them there are the most fascinating reproductions of pictures of old fighting ships, and old charts or maps of the taking of Cartagena, St. Domingo, and St. Augustine by Drake’s ships. Here the ships are seen approaching and attacking; the towns are shown, and the soldiers, and the seas are full of wonderful curly monsters. The old charts of the invasion of the Spanish Armada show the shifting position of the fleets from day to day, and the books also contain many maps and a fine portrait.

CONTENTS

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I. Philip of Spain 1
II. “The Troublesome Voyage” 6
III. Nombre de Dios 15
IV. Fort Diego 25
V. The Golden Mule-trains 29
VI. Home Again 39
VII. Round the World 50
VIII. Round the World (_continued_) 60
IX. Sir Francis 69
X. Cadiz 81
XI. The Great Armada 88
XII. Expedition to Lisbon 100
XIII. The Last Voyage 111

LIST OF PICTURES

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Queen Elizabeth knighting Drake on Board the
_Golden Hind_ at Deptford _Frontispiece_
Drake carrying to Court the News of his Voyage 14
Drake wounded at Nombre de Dios 22
The Maroon Chief showing the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans from the tree-top 30
Sir Francis Drake 72
Drake at the taking of Sagres Castle 84
Drake at Bowls on Plymouth Hoe 94
Fighting the Great Armada 98

THE STORY OF

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE