Tudor Sailors (Beginning History)
By Roger Coote.
Description
Using simple language, this book describes the lives of the Tudor sailors, their hard life on board ship, and all the dangers they faced, ranging from shipwrecks to pirate attacks. It also follows the voyages of the great explorers, from the days when John Cabot and his son set off to find a north-west passage to the East, to the great voyage around the world by Francis Drake, and the attempts by Walter Raleigh to found colonies in North America. It also features the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English navy. The author has also written "The First Voyage Around the World" f...
ISBN(s)
1852108150, 9781852108151
