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Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage, 1585-86

Door Mary Frear Keeler

Categorie	Ontdekkingsreizen & Expedities
Boeknummer	#239380
Titel	Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage, 1585-86
Auteur	Keeler, Mary Frear (editor)
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Hakluyt Society
Jaar van uitgave	1981
ISBN10	0904180018
ISBN13	9780904180015
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original gilt lettered and decorated blue cloth, dust jacket, some (foldable) b/w illustrations, XIV,358 pages, 8vo. Hakluyt Second Series No. 148.
Samenvatting	Significant in the history of Anglo-Spanish relations and of English ventures was Drake's expedition to the West Indies in 1585-86. His raids on Spanish towns on both sides of the Atlantic were aimed not only to gather treasure but to bring a military challenge to the empire of Philip II. The voyage was linked also with the plantation projects of Raleigh, and ended with Drake bringing home the discouraged settlers of the first Virginia colony. Although not a financial success, the expedition attracted wide attention in England and the continent and was a prelude to the events of 1588. For over three centuries after the voyage the main source of information about it was the lively narrative, strongly propagandistic in tone, that was published in 1588 and 1589. In the present volume this acc... (Lees verder)ount, attributed to Captain Walter Bigges, has been critically edited in the light of evidence now available from English and Spanish sources. Printed also are documents relating to ships and personnel and to financial accounts of the expedition. Included too are the journal from the vice-admiral's ship, the Primrose, edited from the original manuscript, the fragmentary journals from ships of two other major officers, and an important newsletter. Among illustrations are a previously unpublished map relating to Drake's stop at Vigo, as well as the Boazio maps, which are shown in differing sizes and details. Dr Keeler's introduction discusses the expedition in the context of Elizabethan policies in the pre-Armada years. She points out new evidence on Drake's administrative practices, on his negotiations with Spanish officials, and on his dealings with a troublesome rear-admiral. Appendices provide critical notes on the Boazio maps and on the circumstances of the publication of the Bigges account. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1981.
Pagina's	358
Conditie	Goed
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