Golden Key Ebook - ebook Format (PC Only)

The Golden Key takes the reader on a voyage to a real treasure island in a story of mutiny and salty intrigue, authentic in its narrative, re-creating the golden days of sea adventure and piracy.

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60 pages, including illustrations and diagrams. 1.4MB file size. Sample Page.

Sir Francis Drakes Famous Voyage Around the World - PDF Format

This is a narrative by Francis Pretty,
one of Drake's Gentlemen At Arms.

The FAMOUS VOYAGE of Sir FRANCIS DRAKE into the South Sea, and there hence about the whole Globe of the Earth, begun in the year of our Lord 1577. Excellent background information on the Voyage of Drake covered in the Golden Key.

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18 pages, text only. 250k file size. Sample Page.

THE WORLD ENCOMPASSED

by Sir Francis Drake.

Being his next voyage to that to Nombre de Dios formerly imprinted; carefully collected out of the Notes of Master Francis Fletcher, Preacher in his employment, and divers others his followers in the same; offered now at last to publique view, both for the honour of the actor, but especially for the stirring up of heroick spirits, to benefit their country, and eternize their names by like noble attempts. London: printed for Nicholas Bourne, and are to be sold at his shop at the Royal Exchange. 1628.

It was edited by Drake’s nephew. Acopy of the first part of the notes of Master Francis
Fletcher, which (or one like it) must have been before the compiler, is in the British Museum, and it is printed below the text for comparison in the Hakluyt Society’s edition of this book (1854). In the British Museum also are other manuscript notes relating to this voyage, which are printed as Appendix to the aforesaid volume, together with extracts from Hakluyt’s Trafficks and Discoveries.

Contains a summary of terms used in the back, excellent research material.

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85 pages, text only. 400k file size. Sample Page.

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