THE CHILDREN’S HEROES SERIES EDITED BY JOHN LANG THE STORY OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE TO CHARLES SUTHERLAND ELTON [Illustration: Queen Elizabeth knighting Drake on board the ‘Golden Hind’ at Deptford] THE STORY OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BY MRS. OLIVER ELTON PICTURES BY T. H. ROBINSON LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO. Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. Edinburgh PREFACE It has not been possible, for lack of space, always to tell the old stories in the original words, which are, in almost all cases, the best. If any readers of this book can get a sight of two big volumes called “Drake and the Tudor Navy,” by Julian Corbett, they may consider themselves fortunate. In them there are the most fascinating reproductions of pictures of old fighting ships, and old charts or maps of the taking of Cartagena, St. Domingo, and St. Augustine by Drake’s ships. Here the ships are seen approaching and attacking; the towns are shown, and the soldiers, and the seas are full of wonderful curly monsters. The old charts of the invasion of the Spanish Armada show the shifting position of the fleets from day to day, and the books also contain many maps and a fine portrait. CONTENTS Chapter Page I. Philip of Spain 1 II. “The Troublesome Voyage” 6 III. Nombre de Dios 15 IV. Fort Diego 25 V. The Golden Mule-trains 29 VI. Home Again 39 VII. Round the World 50 VIII. Round the World (_continued_) 60 IX. Sir Francis 69 X. Cadiz 81 XI. The Great Armada 88 XII. Expedition to Lisbon 100 XIII. The Last Voyage 111 LIST OF PICTURES Page Queen Elizabeth knighting Drake on Board the _Golden Hind_ at Deptford _Frontispiece_ Drake carrying to Court the News of his Voyage 14 Drake wounded at Nombre de Dios 22 The Maroon Chief showing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans from the tree-top 30 Sir Francis Drake 72 Drake at the taking of Sagres Castle 84 Drake at Bowls on Plymouth Hoe 94 Fighting the Great Armada 98 THE STORY OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE CHAPTER I PHILIP OF SPAIN