{"product_id":"2026100009770-secondhand-drakes-voyages-a-re-assessment-of-their-place-in-elizabethan-maritime-expansion","title":"Drake's Voyages: A Re-Assessment Of Their Place In Elizabethan Maritime Expansion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Ex-library with usual markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the height of the Elizabethan age, when England's ambitions stretched far beyond her shores, one name thundered across the world's oceans with unmatched audacity — Sir Francis Drake. Drake's Voyages: A Re-Assessment of Their Place in Elizabethan Maritime Expansion by Kenneth R. Andrews rigorously re-examines the legendary seafarer's expeditions, situating them within the broader context of England's burgeoning maritime empire and challenging the romanticised myths that have long surrounded his celebrated career. Andrews argues with scholarly precision that Drake's journeys were far more than heroic adventures; they were calculated instruments of Elizabethan commercial and political strategy, reshaping England's relationship with the sea and her imperial rivals.\n\nAndrews, a distinguished historian of early modern seafaring, brings meticulous archival research and critical rigour to bear on a subject too often dominated by folklore and national mythology. His prose is measured yet compelling, stripping away the veneer of legend to reveal the economic imperatives, geopolitical tensions, and human ambitions that drove England's expansion into the wider world. This authoritative re-assessment leaves the reader questioning just how much of what we believe about Drake — and the age that made him — has been shaped more by myth than by the turbulent, unforgiving reality of the open sea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203286311131,"sku":"2026100009770-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8891c7da-d67f-4699-8076-97b7aec1b97c.png?v=1788147587","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009770-secondhand-drakes-voyages-a-re-assessment-of-their-place-in-elizabethan-maritime-expansion","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}