Plymouth Armada Heroes (Classic Reprint)

Description: This book tells the story of the Hawkins family, a remarkable lineage of English sailors and merchants whose lives intersected with some of the most significant events of the 16th century. The author traces the familyâ€™s history across generations, starting with William Hawkins the Elder, one of the first English explorers to venture to Brazil. The book focuses on three generations of this family, highlighting their achievements as explorers, merchants, and naval heroes. The book also offers insights into the social and political landscape of Elizabethan England, revealing how these Hawkinses shaped both their local community in Plymouth and the nationâ€™s maritime power. Through their voyages, the Hawkinses played a crucial role in shaping the course of English history, forging a legacy as skilled mariners and pioneers of global trade that endures to this day. Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.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. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some aesthetic errors may persist, however it has been deemed that any such will not detract from the work's significant historical value. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase.

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