Excerpt from Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier: Including an Introductory View of the Earlier Discoveries in the South Sea, and the History of the BucaniersThfs volgano 1s devoted to the, Lima of three of the most eminent men that England has ever sent forth into the field of her highest achievement. The relation of their Voyages, Discoveries, and Adventures is in so far the history of the rise of her naval power. If it be that the first inspiring thoughts of our youth are inseparably connected With maritime enterprise - With the perils, vicissi tudes, new scenes, romantic incidents, the bold ness, fortitude, and endurance of men tasked to the utmost of man's moral powers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.