Excerpt from Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier: Including a View of the History of the BuccaneersThis volume is devoted to the lives of three of the most eminent men whom England has at any time sent forth into the field of her most brilliant achieve ments: and the relation of their Voyages, Discover ies, and Adventures, is, to a certain extent, the his tory of her naval power and reputation. If the first aspiring thoughts of British youth are inseparably connected with maritime enterprise, - with the perils and vicissitudes, the novel and romantic incidents, the valour, daring, and heroic endurance, which are displayed in the narratives of the elder voyagers, - this work cannot want interest. From the very nature of the subject, it necessarily contains much curious and valuable instruction drawn from many sources, but in every instance verified by a careful examination of the original authorities.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.