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3.0 out of 5 stars
A good outline book of the circumnavigation by Drake,
By wgloege@pacbell.net (San Jose, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: World Encompassed: Drake's Great Voyage, 1577-80 (Hardcover)
Wilson's book gives the reader a taste of the tremendous adventure this must have been for Drake and those in his group. Very soon, into the South Atlantic, they were in strange, new waters where mystery and superstition dominated the thoughts of the explorers. There is so much more the reader longs to know - what were the thoughts of the average crew members? What did the physical sights look like to them. What was day-to-day life like on this long voyage? Of course, Wilson had little to go on. The principal diary of Drake was lost after he turned it over to the Queen. The book is readable and exciting. With few earthly frontiers left, we can only imagine the spirit of adventure these men must have felt. But so much is lost down through the ages. Even the Ship - the Golden Hind - was itself not preserved and decayed into rotten wood. We must be thankful for what little is left to know about this great voyage.
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The World Encompassed: Drake's Great Voyage 1577 - 1580 by Derek Wilson (Paperback - April 1, 1998)
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