The Boys Drake Story of the Great Sea Fighter of the Sixteenth Century
The Boys Drake Story of the Great Sea Fighter of the Sixteenth Century
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So terrible were they counted in that day that the "very thoughts" of attempting them "were dreadful, " wrote one contem porary. So dangerous was the seeking of them and so troublesome the voyage, wrote another, that it "seemed a thing almost impossible" to be performed, and for thirty years before Drake's venture "no man made account thereof. " The Spaniards for that period had given up this way to their Pacific posses- 258 The Boy's Drake sions as impracticable, and, as we have seen, had car ...ried all of their Pacific trade overland across the Isth mus of Panama to and from the Caribbean ports. The last navigator before Drake to attempt the pas sage from the Atlantic side was one Simon de Alca- zova, a Portuguese serving the King of Spain. He succeeded only in penetrating it some "twenty-five or thirty leagues, " when he was forced to return; and afterward he was murdered by his men in mutiny. This was in the year 1535. Of the earlier attempts, following Magellan's feat, two only had been success ful, and both ended tragically.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
So terrible were they counted in that day that the "very thoughts" of attempting them "were dreadful, " wrote one contem porary. So dangerous was the seeking of them and so troublesome the voyage, wrote another, that it "seemed a thing almost impossible" to be performed, and for thirty years before Drake's venture "no man made account thereof. " The Spaniards for that period had given up this way to their Pacific posses- 258 The Boy's Drake sions as impracticable, and, as we have seen, had car ...ried all of their Pacific trade overland across the Isth mus of Panama to and from the Caribbean ports. The last navigator before Drake to attempt the pas sage from the Atlantic side was one Simon de Alca- zova, a Portuguese serving the King of Spain. He succeeded only in penetrating it some "twenty-five or thirty leagues, " when he was forced to return; and afterward he was murdered by his men in mutiny. This was in the year 1535. Of the earlier attempts, following Magellan's feat, two only had been success ful, and both ended tragically.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Edwin M Edwin Monroe Bacon to read onlineMoreLess
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