HP Kraus and the building of the Drake Collection
Sir Francis Drake, English explorer and naval strategist, circumnavigated the earth from 1577-1580. During these travels, Drake visited the Caribbean and the Pacific claiming a portion of California for Queen Elizabeth and waging battles against the Spanish. These voyages also revealed significant new geographical data about the New World and added greatly to Queen Elizabeth's treasury. This collection comprises important primary and secondary source...
Sir Francis Drake: A Pictorial Biography by Hans P. Kraus
This presentation of the life of Sir Francis Drake in manuscripts, engraved portraits and views, maps, medals, and books, is intended to show him as he appeared to his contemporaries , both his own countrymen and his Spanish antagonists. Most of the documentation is from his own lifetime, the balance being from the period shortly after his death when some of the most detailed...
The Actors and their Stage
The age of Drake was indeed the most exciting period of English history, whose leading theme was the struggle against the colossal Spanish empire. Travel, exploration, and the beginnings of English overseas settlement, in Virginia, also make this era a decisive one in world history.
Timeline
Sir Francis Drake, English explorer and naval strategist, circumnavigated the earth from 1577-1580. During these travels, Drake visited the Caribbean and the Pacific claiming a portion of California for Queen Elizabeth and waging battles on the Spanish. This timeline highlights important dates corresponding to Drake’s voyages throughout the then Spanish territory of the Americas.
Digitized Volumes of DeBry's Grand Voyages
The Library of Congress holds nearly 100 copies of de Bry's Grands Voyages; America. They vary in arrangement, volumes and in some cases language of the edition. For the ease of searching, we are presenting digitized editions of the various works compiled by de Bry from the Kraus collection in a single numbered volume sequence.
HP Kraus and the building of the Drake Collection Sir Francis Drake, English explorer and naval strategist, circumnavigated the earth from 1577-1580. During these travels, Drake visited the Caribbean and the Pacific claiming a portion of California for Queen Elizabeth and waging battles against the Spanish. These voyages also revealed significant new geographical data about the New World and added greatly to Queen Elizabeth's treasury. This collection comprises important primary and secondary source...
Sir Francis Drake: A Pictorial Biography by Hans P. Kraus This presentation of the life of Sir Francis Drake in manuscripts, engraved portraits and views, maps, medals, and books, is intended to show him as he appeared to his contemporaries , both his own countrymen and his Spanish antagonists. Most of the documentation is from his own lifetime, the balance being from the period shortly after his death when some of the most detailed...
The Actors and their Stage The age of Drake was indeed the most exciting period of English history, whose leading theme was the struggle against the colossal Spanish empire. Travel, exploration, and the beginnings of English overseas settlement, in Virginia, also make this era a decisive one in world history.
Timeline Sir Francis Drake, English explorer and naval strategist, circumnavigated the earth from 1577-1580. During these travels, Drake visited the Caribbean and the Pacific claiming a portion of California for Queen Elizabeth and waging battles on the Spanish. This timeline highlights important dates corresponding to Drake’s voyages throughout the then Spanish territory of the Americas.
Digitized Volumes of DeBry's Grand Voyages The Library of Congress holds nearly 100 copies of de Bry's Grands Voyages; America. They vary in arrangement, volumes and in some cases language of the edition. For the ease of searching, we are presenting digitized editions of the various works compiled by de Bry from the Kraus collection in a single numbered volume sequence.