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London: Robert Hale, 1971. 585 g.; IV, 320 pages, last page blank, acknowledgements, chronological table of important dates, list of illustrations, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with 22 black-and-white reproductions of contemporary illustrations. Brown coloured boards with black insert on the backstrip with gilt titles within the black insert. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and shelf wear to the lower book edges. Browning to the text block edges. Light browning to the endpapers. Illustrated duststrapper, by Biro, with green titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and slight creasing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. The back panel has become somewhat yellowed and shows handling marks. " This book is a lively account of the achievements of the great seamen who served Queen Elizabeth I, showing how each contributed to the vision of an empire in the New World, and revealing how they laid the foundation. < snip > This, then, is a vivid account of these incomparable, valiant men, with their strange moods and streaks of violence, and visions they had in their minds and hearts of a greater England." -- from the front and rear fold over panels. Digital image available upon request.. First British Edition. Brown Boards. Good/Good. Illus. by Photographic. 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Maritime History.