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pp xii 400.” Based especially on his seminal study of maps produced after the voyage, Bawlf shows with certainty that Drake sailed all the way to Alaska, much farther north than anyone has heretofore imagined, thereby rewriting the history of exploration. He was, Bawlf claims, in search of the western entrance to the fabled Northwest Passage, at which he planned to found England?s first colony, and wrest control of the Pacific from Spain. Drake?s voyage was in fact so far ahead of its time that another 200 years would pass before the eighteenth-century explorers of record reached the northwest coast of North America. “
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| ISBN | 1553650417 | |
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| ISBN13 | 9781553650416 | |
| Number of pages | 400 | |
| Original Title | The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, 1577-1580 | |
| Published Date | 2004 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | No Dj | |
| Binding | Paperback | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Vancouver | |
| Edition | Fifth | |
| Category: | British History | |
| Author: | Samuel Bawlf | |
| Publishers: | Douglas & McIntyre, Limited |
pp xii 400.” Based especially on his seminal study of maps produced after the voyage, Bawlf shows with certainty that Drake sailed all the way to Alaska, much farther north than anyone has heretofore imagined, thereby rewriting the history of exploration. He was, Bawlf claims, in search of the western entrance to the fabled Northwest Passage, at which he planned to found England?s first colony, and wrest control of the Pacific from Spain. Drake?s voyage was in fact so far ahead of its time that another 200 years would pass before the eighteenth-century explorers of record reached the northwest coast of North America. “
| Weight | 1.1 kg |
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