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Author Bergreen, Laurence, author.

Title IN SEARCH OF A KINGDOM: FRANCIS DRAKE, ELIZABETH I, AND THE PERILOUS BIRTH OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE / Laurence Bergreen.

Edition First Harper Large Print edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2056612~S1
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 Nichols Adult Large Type Nonfiction  942.0550922 DRA    AVAILABLE
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Description xviii, 599 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Physical Medium large print rda
Summary "An exploration narrative of the highest order: the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history--as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-599).
Subject Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Privateering -- History -- 16th century.
Voyages around the world -- History -- 16th century.
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Tudors, 1485-1603.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Genre Biographies.
Large type books.
Added Title Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire
ISBN 9780063062979 pbk.
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