1540?-1596

John Shakespeare, Elizabethan England's most remarkable investigator and brother of William Shakespeare, follows a trail of illicit passions and family secrets, as he attempts to uncover a plot to assassinate Sir Francis Drake, England's most famous sea warrior.

Emmet, a fifteen-year-old orphan, learns hard lessons about survival when he sails from England in 1577 as a servant aboard the "Golden Hind"--the ship of his cousin, explorer and pirate Francis Drake--on its three-year circumnavigation of the world.

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.

Describes the life and explorations of the seaman Francis Drake, the first Englishman to sail around the world.

A biography of British pirate and explorer Sir Francis Drake, featuring his search for riches in the Americas and his eventual voyage around the world.

A biography of Sir Francis Drake, who was famous for his explorations and for helping to defeat the Spanish Armada.

Presents a brief biography of the English seaman and explorer who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for helping to make England a world power by circumnavigating the globe and raiding Spanish ships.

Simple text and illustrations present the life story of sixteenth-century explorer and buccaneer Sir Francis Drake, the first English person to sail around the world.

Surveys the life and voyages of Sir Francis Drake and the expansion of the English naval fleet in the sixteenth century.

Presents a humorous account of what it might have been like to sail with Sir Francis Drake on a voyage to find the North West Passage to the Spice Islands in 1577--and raid a few Spanish ships along the way.