A svmmarie and trve discovrse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage. Wherein were taken, the townes of Saint Iago, Sancto Domingo, Cartegena & Saint Augustine.
Summary
"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 first complete publication of the text."--H.P. Kraus. Sir Francis Drake; a pictorial biography, 1970, p. 199, no. 21.
STC 3056
Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 21
L.C. copy cropped; lacks headers and page numbers. DLC
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Date
01/01/1589
Contributors
Bigges, Walter, -1586.
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