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Author Wernham, R. B

Title Expedition of Sir John Norris and Sir Francis Drake to Spain and Portugal 1589
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 1988

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Description 1 online resource (455 p.)
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations and Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Letters and Papers: -- I: The Origins and Original Purposes of the Expedition, August-October 1588 -- II: Preparations in England, October-December 1588 -- III: Sir John Norris in the United Provinces, October-December 1588 -- IV: The Troops ordered to the Ports, December 1588-January 1589 -- V: Mounting Costs, December 1588-February 1589 -- VI: Difficulties and Delays, January-February 1589 -- VII: Orders, Instructions, and Proposals, January-March 1589
VIII: Contrary Winds and Financial Problems, March-April 1589 -- IX: The Earl of Essex Joins the Expedition, April 1589 -- X: Operations at Corunna, April-May 1589 -- XI: First Reactions at Home, May 1589 -- XII: Operations in Portugal, May-June 1589 -- XIII: Return and Disbanding, June-July 1589 -- XIV: Recollections and Reflections, July 1589 onwards -- XV: The Hanseatic Prizes and the Dutch Flyboats -- XVI: Making up the Accounts -- Appendices: -- I: Lists of Ships and their Officers -- II: Army Lists -- III: Wingfield's Date for the Entry into Lisbon Suburbs
IV: The Dating of Drake's Letter of June 2 -- V: An Earlier Visit to Santander? -- List of Letters and Papers and their Sources -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000341652
1000341658