Ruby Sisson Library

G. A. Henty (1832-1903) wrote vastly popular, carefully researched books about fictional youngsters who lived during critical periods of history. In this exciting volume, he provides a thrilling glimpse of the struggle between Great Britain and Spain for supremacy of the high seas, as seen through the eyes of a sixteenth-century teenager, Ned Hearne. Along with three friends, young Ned is swept up in one adventure after another as he accompanies the...

A biography of British pirate and explorer Sir Francis Drake, featuring his search for riches in the Americas and his eventual voyage around the world.

An illustration of the lives of legendary pirates Sir Francis Drake, Captain Kidd, and Blackbeard.

Uses maps of the period to show how Drake sailed all the way to Alaska in search of a western entrance to the fabled Northwest Passage, planning to establish a British colony in the New World.

Presents a brief biography of Sir Francis Drake, the British explorer who traveled around the globe from 1577 to 1580, and includes information on his career as the greatest seaman of the Elizabethan Age.

A biography of Sir Francis Drake, focusing on his activities as a pirate and slave trader, which made him a hero in England, but earned him the name of the Dragon by the Spanish.

Provides a biography of the English sea captain who sailed around the world, made major discoveries along the Pacific Coast, and played an important role in the wars between England and Spain.

Drake is one of those near mythic figures who defies easy categorization. To the English and his patron, Queen Elizabeth, Drake was an intrepid Sea Dog, who swept the seas of the Spanish menace, winning security and riches for his country. To the Spanish, Drake was a vicious brigand who plundered and murdered and proved useful as an instrument of English state-sponsored terrorism. Kelsey speculates on how the Drake legend evolved and makes a reasonable...