STORIES OF ELIZABETHAN HEROES
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STIRRING RECORDS OF THE INTREPID BRAVERY AND BOUNDLESS RESOURCE OF THE MEN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S REIGN
BY
EDWARD GILLIAT, M.A. (Oxon.)
SOMETIME MASTER AT HARROW SCHOOL
AUTHOR OF "FOREST OUTLAWS," "HEROES OF MODERN INDIA," "ROMANCE OF MODERN SIEGES," &c. &c.
WITH FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON SEELEY, SERVICE & CO. LIMITED 38 GREAT RUSSELL STREET 1914
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME
THE RUSSELL LIBRARY FOR BOYS & GIRLS
A SERIES OF COPYRIGHT VOLUMES OF TRUE STORIES OF ADVENTURE
Fully Illustrated. Extra crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. each
STORIES OF RED INDIAN ADVENTURE.
By H. W. G. HYRST, Author of "Adventures in the Arctic Regions," &c.
STORIES OF ELIZABETHAN HEROES.
By Rev. EDWARD GILLIAT, M.A., sometime Master at Harrow School, Author of "In Lincoln Green," "Heroes of the Indian Mutiny," &c., &c.
SEELEY, SERVICE & CO. LIMITED
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
The Elizabethan World
CHAPTER II
Sir John Hawkins, Seaman and Administrator
CHAPTER III
George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, the Champion of the Tilt-yard
CHAPTER IV
Sir Martin Frobisher, the Explorer of the Northern Seas
CHAPTER V
Sir Humphrey Gilbert, the Founder of Newfoundland
CHAPTER VI
Lord Howard of Effingham, the Trusted of the Queen
CHAPTER VII
Sir Richard Grenville, the Hero of Flores
CHAPTER VIII
John Davis, the Hero of the Arctic and Pacific
CHAPTER IX
Francis Drake, the Scourge of Spain
CHAPTER X
Sir Francis Drake, the Queen's Greatest Seaman
CHAPTER XI
Sir Richard Hawkins, Seaman and Geographer
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"Sir Francis" ... Coloured Frontispiece [missing from source book]
Attempt on Sir John Hawkins' Life
Fire-Ships
Capture of an Eskimo
England's First Colony
The Blowing-up of the "San Felipe"
Sir Richard Grenville and the "Revenge"
Drake captures Nombre de Dios
Angling for Albatross
PUBLISHERS' NOTE
The contents of this volume have been taken from Mr. Gilliat's larger book entitled "Heroes of the Elizabethan Age," published at five shillings.
STORIES OF ELIZABETHAN HEROES