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[PDF READ ONLINE] The Queen's Corsair: Drake's Journey of Circumnavigation, 1577-80 (Trials and Tribulations at Sea) | The extraordinary story of Francis Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe from 1577-1580.This account of one of the greatest navigational feats of all time is the perfect read for fans of James Seay Dean, Paul Kennedy, Brian Lavery, and John Sugden.In 1577, Francis Drake set sail from Plymouth Harbour with five other ships and 164 men and boys. They were under the Queen’s commission to explore the great South Sea by way of the Strait of Magellan. It had been nearly 60 years since the Spaniard had sailed into the unknown and discovered the natural passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans no one had achieved it since.The purpose of the great voyage was to explore uncharted waters, unclaimed territories, and search for new trading possibilities to bolster England’s declining export trade. To interrupt Spanish and Portuguese dominance in sea trade and wealth flowing from the New World was also of strategic interest.Through remarkably detailed testimony that survived
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