"Captain Christopher Newport"

In this first full-length biography of Captain Christopher Newport, author A. Bryant Nichols, Jr., portrays, in carefully researched detail, the adventurous life on the high seas of the courageous sea captain who helped found the Jamestown Colony in Virginia.  This book covers Newport's early life sailing with Sir Francis Drake, through his voyages to Virginia and his later career sailing to the Far East.  Includes a chronology of events and numerous black-and-white period prints and maps.

Paperback.  206 pages.