Description
- Notes:
- Translation of: Summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage, 1st published London, 1689. This translation was probably made from the Latin edition of Leiden, 1588.
- Begun by Walter Bigges and continued after his death, probably by his lieutenant, Master Croftes.
- Place of publication, suggested by Church Catalogue, probably based on the fact that the map, Americae et proximarum regionum orde descriptio, is signed "per Franc. Hogenberg. Ao.D. 1589"
- The 8 p. of plates are 4 maps printed on facing unnumbered pages between p. 7 and 8, 9 and 10, 15 and 16, and 20 (a recto) and 19 (i.e. 21, a verso)
- Signatures: A-I² (A1 verso, I2 verso blank)
Citation
"Relation oder Beschreibu[n]g der Rheiss vnd Schiffahrt auss Engellandt, in die (gegen dem Vndergang der Sonne gelegnen) Indien gethan, durch einen englischen Ritter, Franciscum Drack genant:
vnd was derselbig vnderwegen mit seinem vnderhabenden Kriegsvolck allenthalben ... gesehen vnd aussgericht hat
"
(1589).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:579932/
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