Chapters (12)
- STORIES OF ELIZABETHAN HEROES
- CHAPTER I THE ELIZABETHAN WORLD
- CHAPTER II SIR JOHN HAWKINS, SEAMAN AND ADMINISTRATOR
- CHAPTER III GEORGE CLIFFORD, EARL OF CUMBERLAND, THE CHAMPION OF THE TILT-YARD
- CHAPTER IV SIR MARTIN FROBISHER, THE EXPLORER OF THE NORTHERN SEAS
- CHAPTER V SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT, THE FOUNDER OF NEWFOUNDLAND
- CHAPTER VI LORD HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, THE TRUSTED OF THE QUEEN
- CHAPTER VII SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE, THE HERO OF FLORES
- CHAPTER VIII JOHN DAVIS, THE HERO OF THE ARCTIC AND PACIFIC
- CHAPTER IX FRANCIS DRAKE, THE SCOURGE OF SPAIN
- CHAPTER X SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, THE QUEEN'S GREATEST SEAMAN
- CHAPTER XI SIR RICHARD HAWKINS, SEAMAN AND GEOGRAPHER
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