Across the Spanish Main: A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
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About This Book
William Joseph Cosens Lancaster (1851-1922) was a civil engineer who specialised in seas and harbours. He wrote Juvenile Adventures under the pseudonym Harry Collingwood. His works include: The Secret of the Sands (1879), Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman During the French Revolutionary War (1884), The Voyage of the Aurora (1885), The Pirate Island: A Story of the West African Coast (1885), The Congo Rovers: A Story of the Slave Squadron (1886), The Log of the Flying Fish: A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure (1887), The Rover's Secret: A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lag...
Chapters (41)
- Harry Collingwood "Across the Spanish Main"
- Chapter One.
- How Roger Trevose and Harry Edgwyth made a certain Compact.
- Chapter Two.
- How they left Plymouth at Dawn on the Twenty-first Day of July, 1586.
- Chapter Three.
- How Roger and Harry took Part in their first Sea-Fight.
- Chapter Four.
- What happened to Roger on board the Gloria Del Mundo.
- Chapter Five.
- They encounter a Storm at Sea, and reach the Island of Cuba.
- Chapter Six.
- How they investigated a certain Cipher and met with some Adventures.
- Chapter Seven.
- They careen the Ships, are attacked, and discover that they are not the first to visit the Inlet.
- Chapter Eight.
- Roger goes ashore to rescue a marooned Man, and is himself left in the Lurch.
- Chapter Nine.
- The marooned Man tells his Story.
- Chapter Ten.
- William Evans continues his Yarn.
- Chapter Eleven.
- Death of William Evans, and Appearance of a Pirate Vessel.
- Chapter Twelve.
- Narrow Escapes of the Castaways—The Squadron heaves in Sight again.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- They are rescued at last—Capture of the Pirate Ship Black Pearl and her Captain, José Leirya.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- Execution of the Pirates—A Reconnaissance by Night off La Guayra.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- Capture of the Plate Fleet and Sack of la Guayra—Disappearance of Roger and Harry.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- In the Hands of the Inquisition.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- In the Torture-Chamber of Vera Cruz.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- The Translation of the Cryptogram.
- Chapter Nineteen.
- Help from an unexpected Quarter—Plans made for Escape.
- Chapter Twenty.
- How Roger effected his Escape.
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