Tropics Bound: Elizabeth's Seadogs on the Spanish Main

by James Seay Dean

Book Overview

For the first time, and long awaited, we have the view from the gun deck of the wide world that opened to the Elizabethans on the Spanish Main and among the islands of the Caribbean. The tang of salt air stings the story. So does fearsome reality, the diseases and storms that wreaked havoc on sailors and ships alike and, more often than not, ruined the ambitions of many a financier. With the seapower of Imperial Spain still dominant, England's private...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752450964
• ISBN13: 9780752450964
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.