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Book/Printed Material A svmmarie and trve discovrse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage. Wherein were taken, the townes of Saint Iago, Sancto Domingo, Cartegena, and Saint Augustine

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Title

  • A svmmarie and trve discovrse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage. Wherein were taken, the townes of Saint Iago, Sancto Domingo, Cartegena, and Saint Augustine

Names

  • Bigges, Walter, -1586
  • Croftes, Lieutenant
  • Gates, Thomas, Sir, -1621
  • Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [London], Printed at London by Roger Ward ..., 1589.

Headings

  • -  Drake, Francis,--approximately 1540-1596--Travel--West Indies
  • -  Explorers--America--Biography
  • -  Explorers--Great Britain--Biography
  • -  West Indies Expedition, 1585-1586

Notes

  • -  "Begun by Captaine Bigges, who ended his life in the said voyage ... afterwards finished (as I thinke) by his Lieutenant Maister Croftes or some other."--Dedication by T. Cates (i.e. Thomas Gates).
  • -  "The second English edition, published the same year as the first."--H.P. Kraus. Sir Francis Drake; a pictorial biography, 1970, p. 199, no. 22.
  • -  Device of R. Field on t.p.
  • -  First leaf blank except for signature: A.
  • -  L.C. copy lacks the 4 maps.
  • -  ESTC S109039
  • -  Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 22
  • -  STC 3057
  • -  Gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus.
  • -  LAC snh 2019-04-26 no edits (2 card)

Medium

  • [8], 37 p. 4 maps. 17 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E129.D7 B5 1589b

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 81458651

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bigges, Walter, -1586, Lieutenant Croftes, Thomas Gates, and Hans And Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection. A svmmarie and trve discovrse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage. Wherein were taken, the townes of Saint Iago, Sancto Domingo, Cartegena, and Saint Augustine. [London, Printed at London by Roger Ward, 1589] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/81458651/.

APA citation style:

Bigges, W., Croftes, L., Gates, T. & Hans And Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection. (1589) A svmmarie and trve discovrse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage. Wherein were taken, the townes of Saint Iago, Sancto Domingo, Cartegena, and Saint Augustine. [London, Printed at London by Roger Ward] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/81458651/.

MLA citation style:

Bigges, Walter, -1586, et al. A svmmarie and trve discovrse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage. Wherein were taken, the townes of Saint Iago, Sancto Domingo, Cartegena, and Saint Augustine. [London, Printed at London by Roger Ward, 1589] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/81458651/>.