Westward Ho! or The Voyage and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, Of Burrough, in The Country of Devon, In the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth;
 
Set initially in Bideford in North Devon during the reign of Elizabeth I, Westward Ho! follows the adventures of Amyas Leigh, an unruly child who as a young man follows Francis Drake to sea. Amyas loves local beauty Rose Salterne, as does nearly everyone else; much of the novel involves Rose's elopement with a Spaniard.