The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, 1577-1580

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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
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
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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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Weight 1.1 kg