The Pirate Queen (78 page)

Authors: Susan Ronald

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The cod in the belly of the ship depicts the ideal design for one of Baker’s ships.

A contemporary chart of the North Atlantic, Newfoundland to Brazil, by Angelo de Conte Freducci. It shows the challenges that navigators faced in sailing on the eastern seaboards of North and South America.

The Armada Portrait
of Queen Elizabeth I is the most iconic image of England’s naval strength from her reign. Her hand is placed on the globe, she is wearing the de’ Medici pearls that had been given as a wedding present to Mary Queen of Scots by Catherine de’ Medici, and her English navy, flying the flag of St. George, has just defeated the Spanish Armada. There are three “Armada Portraits,” but it is believed that the one in the Duke of Bedford’s collection is the first to have been painted by the artist.

About the Author

Born and raised in the United States, SUSAN RONALD has lived in England for more than twenty years. She has consulted for fi ve British government departments and The National Trust, and she is the author of
The Sancy Blood Diamond,
a six-hundred-year history of a cursed gem, and
France: Crossroads of Europe,
a cultural and historical overview for young adults. She lives in Oxfordshire, England.

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Also by Susan Ronald

The Sancy Blood Diamond

France, The Crossroads of Europe
, as Susan Balerdi

Credits

Jacket design by Paola Echavarria

Jacket painting by George Gower, detail from the
Armada Portrait:
By kind permission of his Grace the Duke of Bedford and the Trustees of the Bedford Estates

THE PIRATE QUEEN
. Copyright © 2007 by Susan Ronald. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

ePub edition May 2007 ISBN 9780061749452

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* There was some last minute confusion regarding these captains with the unscheduled, and unwanted, arrival of Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Fulke Greville, and their entourages—including Dom Antonio. Sidney insisted that Greville be made captain of the
Hope
. Sidney was trying to escape to America, angered by Elizabeth’s failure to agree to acknowledge him as governor for Flushing. He and Fulke Greville tried to sail with Drake, but were outwitted by the admiral, and ordered to return to London. The
Tiger
should not be confused with the queen’s ship
Tiger
, which had just returned home from Virginia under Greville.
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