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Manuscript/Mixed Material Autograph draft of a reply to a memorandum recommending changes in the naval defense of Spanish America and its seaborne trade

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Title

  • Autograph draft of a reply to a memorandum recommending changes in the naval defense of Spanish America and its seaborne trade

Summary

  • This manuscript in Medina Sidonia's autograph is, in effect, addressed to King Philip II of Spain. It relates to Drake's depredations along the Pacific coast of Spanish America (1578-1579) and in the Caribbean (1585-1586) and suggests measures which should be taken to avert further disasters of this sort. It recommends a thorough overhaul of Spanish naval strategy and new arrangements to protect communications and the transport of bullion from America to Spain. Although it concentrates upon the defense of the Pacific coast of South America (all the way from the Strait of Magellan to the Isthmus of Panama) and the defense of its commerce, it includes suggestions relating to the ports on the Atlantic coast as well.

Names

  • Medina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duque de, 1550-1619
  • Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1586.

Headings

  • -  Philip--II,--King of Spain,--1527-1598
  • -  Medina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán,--duque de,--1550-1619
  • -  Spain--Defenses--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Manuscript on paper, with corrections and sectional headings, all in Medina Sidonia's hand. 5 leaves, followed by a leaf blank except for docket. Folio (315 x 215 mm.). In a half leather case.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Description based on Global Gateway metadata.
  • -  drakenew

Medium

  • 5 sheets

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021699425

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Medina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez De Guzmán, Duque De, and Hans And Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection. Autograph draft of a reply to a memorandum recommending changes in the naval defense of Spanish America and its seaborne trade. 1586. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021699425/.

APA citation style:

Medina Sidonia, A. P. D. G. & Hans And Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection. (1586) Autograph draft of a reply to a memorandum recommending changes in the naval defense of Spanish America and its seaborne trade. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021699425/.

MLA citation style:

Medina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez De Guzmán, Duque De, and Hans And Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection. Autograph draft of a reply to a memorandum recommending changes in the naval defense of Spanish America and its seaborne trade. 1586. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021699425/>.