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Record Nr.

UNISA996390537803316

Autore

Drake Francis, Sir, <d. 1637.>

Titolo

The vvorld encompassed by Sir Francis Drake [[electronic resource] ] : Being his next voyage to that to Nombre de Dios, formerly imprinted; carefully collected out of the notes of Master Francis Fletcher, preacher in this imployment, and divers others his followers in the same. Offered now at last to publike view, both for the honour of the actor, but especially for the stirring up of heroick spirits, to benefit their country, and eternize their names by like noble attempts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Nicholas Bourne, and are to be sold at his shop at the south entrance of the Royall Exchange, 1635

Descrizione fisica

[4], 90, [2] p

Altri autori (Persone)

FletcherFrancis <16th cent.>

Soggetti

Voyages around the world

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Compiler's dedication signed: Francis Drake.

Printer's name from STC.

The last leaf is blank.

Many copies have an anonymous copy of Robert Vaughan's engraving of Drake, with verses beginning: Drake perorati novit ..

The role of Sir Francis Drake (the nephew) as compiler has been disputed: see Wagner, Henry R.  Sir Francis Drake's voyage around the world. San Francisco, 1926, p. 286.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113