Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 1585-6
South America, plate 3
The first engraving is a map of Drake's voyage showing Europe, western Africa, northern South America, and eastern North America; the four other engravings consist of bird's-eye battle plan views of the cities of Santiago, Santo Domingo, Cartagena, and St. Augustine, Florida. 4 bird's-eye views and 1 map. Relief shown pictorially on bird's-eye views. Voyage map in English; city maps in Latin. Title supplied by cataloger. Map and views created to illustrate Bigges' and Croftes' Summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drake's West Indian voyage, 1589. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Orientation varies. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, p. 121-7 Includes hand col. ill. Select features alphabetically indexed on bird's-eye views, views not accompanied by index key. "The verso of each sheet is numbered in ink in an identical early hand "1 through 5" in the following sequence: 1. 'Voyadge', 2. S. Domingo, 3. Cartagena, 4. S. Augustine, 5. Santiago."--Auction catalog. All sheets vertically fold-lined at center. Kislak accession no. 1991.322.01.0003 Kislak accession no. 1991.322.02.0003 Kislak acces
- Date
- 1585
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Boazio, Baptista; Bigges, Walter; Croftes; Jay I. Kislak Collection ( )
- Place
- South America
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 6,677 × 5,145 pixels
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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
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"Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 1585-6" (1585). Boazio, Baptista; Bigges, Walter; Croftes; Jay I. Kislak Collection ( ). Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_and_views_illustrating_Sir_Francis_Drake%27s_West_Indian_voyage,_1585-6_LOC_2007626708-3.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 15127.
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