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 ELIZABETHAN SEA-DOGS

 A CHRONICLE OF DRAKE AND HIS COMPANIONS

 BY WILLIAM WOOD

     1918, Yale University Press
     Printed in the United States of America
 PREFATORY NOTE

     Citizen, colonist, pioneer! These three words carry the history of the United States back to its earliest form in 'the Newe Worlde called America.' But who prepared the way for the pioneers from the Old World and what ensured their safety in the New? The title of the present volume, Elizabethan Sea-Dogs, gives the only answer. It was during the reign of Elizabeth, the last of the Tudor sovereigns of England, that Englishmen won the command of the sea under the consummate leadership of Sir Francis Drake, the first of modern admirals. Drake and his companions are known to fame as Sea-Dogs. They won the English right of way into Spain's New World. And Anglo-American history begins with that century of maritime adventure and naval war in which English sailors blazed and secured the long sea-trail for the men of every other kind who found or sought their fortunes in America.
 CONTENTS

     I. ENGLAND'S FIRST LOOK Page 1
 II. HENRY VIII, KING OF THE ENGLISH SEA " 18

 III. LIFE AFLOAT IN TUDOR TIMES " 33

 IV. ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND " 48

 V. HAWKINS AND THE FIGHTING TRADERS " 71

 VI. DRAKE'S BEGINNING " 95

 VII. DRAKE'S 'ENCOMPASSMENT OF ALL THE WORLDE' " 115

 VIII. DRAKE CLIPS THE WINGS OF SPAIN " 149

 IX. DRAKE AND THE SPANISH ARMADA " 172

 X. 'THE ONE AND THE FIFTY-THREE' " 192

 XI. RALEIGH AND THE VISION OF THE WEST " 205

 XII. DRAKE'S END " 223

 NOTE ON TUDOR SHIPPING " 231

 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE " 241

 INDEX " 247