CHAPTER XXIII

ELIZABETH (viii), 1558-1587-THE SEAMEN The New World--The English Marine before Elizabeth--The Royal Navy--Privateering--"Piracy"--Reprisal--The Explorers--Spain in America--John Hawkins, 1562-6--San Juan d'Ulloa, 1567-- Francis Drake--Darien Expedition, 1572--Oxenham, 1575--Drake's Great Voyage: 1577--Drake in the Pacific, 1578--in the North Pacific, 1579-- his Return, 1580--Various Voyages: 1576-1587--Raleigh--Humphrey Gilbert--Virginia.