"In this first full-length biography of Christopher Newport (1561-1617), Nichols portrays, in carefully research detail, the adventurous life on the high seas o

Looks at the life and adventures of the English privateer and explorer who led the voyage that established the Jamestown colony in 1607.

A freshly researched account of the dramatic rescue of the Jamestown settlers The English had long dreamed of colonizing America, especially after Sir Francis D

This 1966 study of privateering during the Elizabethan war with Spain shows that it was closely connected with trade.