PREFATORY NOTECitizen, colonist, pioneer! These three words carry the history of the United States back to its earliest form in 'the Newe Worlde called America.' But who prepared the way for the pioneers from the Old World and what ensured their safety in the New? The title of the present volume,Elizabethan Sea-Dogs, gives the only answer. It was during the reign of Elizabeth, the last of the Tudor sovereigns of England, that Englishmen won the command of the sea under the consummate leadership of Sir Francis Drake, the first of modern admirals. Drake and his companions are known to fame as Sea-Dogs. They won the English right of way into Spain's New World. And Anglo-American history begins with that century of maritime adventure and naval war in which English sailors blazed and secured the long sea-trail for the men of every other kind who found or sought their fortunes in America.CONTENTSPREFATORY NOTEELIZABETHAN SEA-DOGSCHAPTER I — ENGLAND'S FIRST LOOKCHAPTER II — HENRY VIII, KING OF THE ENGLISH SEACHAPTER III — LIFE AFLOAT IN TUDOR TIMESCHAPTER IV — ELIZABETHAN ENGLANDCHAPTER V — HAWKINS AND THE FIGHTING TRADERSCHAPTER VI — DRAKE'S BEGINNINGCHAPTER VII — DRAKE'S 'ENCOMPASSMENT OF ALL THE WORLDE'CHAPTER VIII — DRAKE CLIPS THE WINGS OF SPAINCHAPTER IX — DRAKE AND THE SPANISH ARMADACHAPTER X — 'THE ONE AND THE FIFTY-THREE'CHAPTER XI — RALEIGH AND THE VISION OF THE WESTCHAPTER XII — DRAKE'S ENDAPPENDIX — NOTE ON TUDOR SHIPPINGBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Citizen, colonist, pioneer! These three words carry the history of the United States back to its earliest form in 'the Newe Worlde called America.' But who prepared the way for the pioneers from the Old World and what ensured their safety in the New? The title of the present volume,Elizabethan Sea-Dogs, gives the only answer. It was during the reign of Elizabeth, the last of the Tudor sovereigns of England, that Englishmen won the command of the sea under the consummate leadership of Sir Francis Drake, the first of modern admirals. Drake and his companions are known to fame as Sea-Dogs. They won the English right of way into Spain's New World. And Anglo-American history begins with that century of maritime adventure and naval war in which English sailors blazed and secured the long sea-trail for the men of every other kind who found or sought their fortunes in America.