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Author:   Ernle Bradford
Publisher:   Open Road Media
Imprint:   Open Road Media
Dimensions:   Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.381kg
ISBN:  

9781497637856

ISBN 10:   1497637856
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   19 August 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Dedication Epigraph Preface Chapter One – Voyage into Sunset Chapter Two – A Child of His Time Chapter Three – Apprenticeship Chapter Four – The Dedicated Man Chapter Five – The Islands and the Main Chapter Six – The Treasure Trains Chapter Seven – Outward Bound Chapter Eight – Straits of Megellan Chapter Nine – Into the Great South Sea Chapter Ten – New Albion Chapter Eleven – Beyond the Spice Islands Chapter Twelve – Sailor’s Return Chapter Thirteen – The Glorious Year Chapter Fourteen – The Enemy Chapter Fifteen – The Giant Stirs Chapter Sixteen – The Great Armada Sails Chapter Seventeen – The Narrow Seas Chapter Eighteen – The Winds of God Chapter Nineteen – Failure of an Expedition Chapter Twenty – Drake Ashore Chapter Twenty-One – The End of a Voyage Select Bibliography

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Ernle Bradford was born in 1922 and died in 1986. He was a noted British historian specializing in the Mediterranean world and naval topics. Bradford was an enthusiastic sailor himself and spent almost thirty years sailing the Mediterranean, where many of his books are set. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, finishing as the first lieutenant of a destroyer. Bradford lived in Malta for a number of years. He did occasional broadcast work for the BBC, was a magazine editor, and wrote many books, including Hannibal, Paul the Traveller, Julius Caesar: The Pursuit of Power, Christopher Columbus, and The Mighty Hood.

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