The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, (Paperback)

from setnahkt

A fine history only slightly tarnished by a tiny amount of woo-woo; and even then woo-woo might be true – it just goes beyond what the data justifies. Sir Francis Drake was the second captain to take a crew entirely around the world (in fact, arguably the first, since Ferdinand Magellan got himse...

from Chris_El

This is a history of the voyages of Drake. After giving you the commonly known history of the man and explaining his times and the world situation to some degree his suppressed voyage details are discussed. His voyage around the world was not a secret. But the official story didn't match up the a...

from JBD1

Bawlf makes the controversial case that Francis Drake's voyage around the world took him significantly further north than is usually claimed: that Drake's "Nova Albion" was located not somewhere along the coast of what is now northern California, but rather on Vancouver Island ... and that the ex...

from stephenrbown

Impressive research and I do think Bawlf has uncovered something new. I'm not knowledgeable enough in the history of cartography to say whether all his claims regarding Drake's voyage are equally valid, but I think it is fair to say that Drake ventured farther north than has been previously ackno...

from untraveller

Interesting, but at times overly drawn out. the travelogue was good as was the analysis of the 'missing' material regarding Drake's northern escapades. Just slightly dull at times....