Great explorers

Presents a biography of Sir Francis Drake, the first English explorer to circumnavigate the globe, covering his battles against the Spanish Armada, exploration of America's west coast, and other achievements and adventures.

Details the life and expeditions of Ferdinand Magellan, describing his childhood, ocean voyages fraught with mutiny, tribal wars, and disease; and his leadership on the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe; and includes a chronology, a time line, and glossary.

Presents a brief biography of John Cabot, the Italian born explorer whose voyage to the New World in 1497 secured new land claims for England and led to the settlement of Newfoundland and parts of Canada. Includes index and glossary.

Traces the journeys and discoveries of Sir Francis Drake and other sixteenth-century mariners.