A svmmarie and trve discovrse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage : wherein were taken, the townes of Saint Iago, Sancto Domingo, Cartagena & Saint Augustine : with geographicall mappes exactly describing each of the townes with their situations, and the manner of the armies approching to the winning of them / [by Walter Bigges].
| Author/creator | Bigges, Walter |
| Other author | Croftes, Lieutenant. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Bay City, Mich. : W.L. Clements, [1921] |
| Description | [4], 52 p., [4] leaves of plates : 4 fold. maps, facsims. ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage |
| Variant title | Binder's title: Drake's "Summarie and true discourse" |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Local note | Biography; Travel. |
| Local note | 2013AJ10400. |
| General note | Photocopy. Originally published: London : Imprinted by R. Field, 1589. |
| General note | "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. |
| General note | One of ten copies made in fac-simile by the photostat of the Christie-Miller original. |
| General note | "The text is that of the second English edition." Cf. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake; a pictorial biography, 1970, p. [120]; the four maps are of the 1588 Latin edition in the Wm. L. Clements Library. Cf. Letter to Wm. G. Kelso, Jr. from Clements, February 4th, 1921. |
| General note | Title-vignette. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 11505. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |