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With Drake on the Spanish Main

With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang is available here as the complete text, split into 884 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Herbert Strang26 chapters

With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #38795.

26 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 26 chapters

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With Drake on the Spanish Main

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  1. Chapter I 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 45 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #38795, divided into 26 chapters and 884 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #38795, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does With Drake on the Spanish Main take to read?

About 368 minutes of reading across 884 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in With Drake on the Spanish Main

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Romancer
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Choosing
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Setting
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Period
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