Excerpt from The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake: Being His Next Voyage to That to Nombre De Dios; Collated With an Unpublished Manuscript of Francis Fletcher, Chaplain to the Expedition; With Appendices Illustrative of the Same Voyage The maritime adventures of Sir Francis Drake have ever been a theme Of much popularity in England, and it is probable, that till a recent period of our his tory, no English Admiral has filled so large a place in the admiring eyes Of his countrymen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.