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The Boy's Hakluyt: English Voyages of Adventure and Discovery

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS
By Edwin M. Bacon
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A retelling of Richard Hakluyt's compilations, presented for young readers, summarizes English voyages of exploration, trade, and early attempts at colonization in North America and adjacent seas. It follows maritime ventures from early coastal expeditions through searches for a Northwest Passage, recounting the voyages associated with figures such as the Cabots, Frobisher, Hawkins, Drake, Gilbert, and Raleigh. The narrative traces the shift from raiding and trade to deliberate settlement efforts, describes failures and successes including lost colonies and the founding of Jamestown, and emphasizes themes of maritime courage, commercial ambition, and imperial rivalry, arranged chronologically with maps and illustrative material to aid comprehension.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Queen Elizabeth Going Aboard the “Golden Hind”  
  From a painting by Frank Brangwyn. Frontispiece
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Fac-simile of Title-page of “Divers Voyages” 10
  From the copy in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building).  
 
Fac-simile of Title-page of the Third, or American, Volume of Hakluyt’s “Voyages,” Edition of 1598–1600 32
  From a copy of the original edition in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building).  
 
“The Great Harry,” an English Ship of the Fifteenth Century 50
 
Kidder’s Sketch-map of John Cabot’s Voyage in 1497 69
 
King Henry VIII 94
  From a photograph, copyrighted by Walker and Boutall, of a painting.  
 
Sebastian Cabot at About Eighty Years of Age 136
  Reproduced from the engraving in Seyer’s "History of Bristol," published in 1823. The original painting was attributed to Holbein and was destroyed by fire in 1845.  
 
Martin Frobisher 144
 
Queen Elizabeth 180
 
Sir John Hawkins 198
 
Sir Francis Drake 228
 
Drake Overhauling a Spanish Galleon 268
 
Sir Walter Raleigh at the Age of Thirty-four 310
  From a photograph, copyrighted by Walker and Cockerell, of the portrait attributed to Federigo Zaccaro in the National Portrait Gallery.  
 
The Arrival of the Englishmen in Virginia 324
  From a drawing by John White, of Raleigh’s first colony, 1585.  
 
A Map of Virginia, 1585 350
  From the map in Hariot’s “Relation.”  
 
The Lost Colony 376
 
A Spanish Galleon of the Sixteenth Century 382
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