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Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
448 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"The first novel in a brilliant new series by award-winning historian James L. Haley, featuring young midshipman Bliven Putnam as he begins his naval service aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. It is 1801 and President Thomas Jefferson has assembled a deep-water navy to fight the growing threat of piracy, as American civilians are regularly kidnapped by Islamist brigands and held for ransom, enslaved, or killed, all at their captors' whim. The Berber States...
Series
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of the sea-faring privateer and adventurer whose name has become synonymous with one of English history's most celebrated episodes: the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. In fact, Drake's exploits had made him a popular hero long before - he was the first Englishman to see the Pacific Ocean and the first to circumnavigate the world. This program provides a vivid account of one of the most colorful characters from the Elizabethan era.
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