Under Drake's flag

Description:

The struggle between Great Britain and Spain for supremacy of the high seas, as seen through the eyes of a sixteenth-century teenager, Ned Hearne. Along with three friends, young Ned is swept up in one adventure after another as he accompanies the daring English mariner Francis Drake on amazing voyages of discovery across the Pacific. An eyewitness to the great naval battle between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada, Ned has firsthand views of England's rise as the world's most powerful sea-going nation.

subjects: Fiction,  Spanish Main in fiction,  Drake, Francis, in fiction,  Juvenile fiction,  Children's fiction,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction,  History,  Seafaring life,  Adventure and adventurers,  Fiction, historical, general,  South america, fiction,  Large type books,  Fiction, war & military,  Fiction, general

People: Francis Drake Sir (1540?-1596),  Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596 Drake

Places: Spanish Main,  Great Britain

Times: Elizabeth, 1558-1603