Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Francisci Draken, qvi peragrato primvm vniverso terrarvm orbe, postea cum ... Iohanne Havckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit ... Secvndo, iter ... Thomae Candisch ... Tertio, duo itinera ... Gvaltheri Ralegh ... nec non ... capitanei Lavrentii Keyms. Qvibvs ... describitvr ... regnum Gviana ... Primo Anglicana lingva sparsim consignata: iam veráo in vnum corpus redacta, & in Latinum sermonem conuersa, auctore Gotardo Artvs. Figuris illustrata & in lucem emissa, opera & sumptibus T. de Bry relictae viduae & filiorum [i.e. J.T. and J.I. de Bry.

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Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Francisci Draken, qvi peragrato primvm vniverso terrarvm orbe, postea cum ... Iohanne Havckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit ... Secvndo, iter ... Thomae Candisch ... Tertio, duo itinera ... Gvaltheri Ralegh ... nec non ... capitanei Lavrentii Keyms. Qvibvs ... describitvr ... regnum Gviana ... Primo Anglicana lingva sparsim consignata: iam verò in vnum corpus redacta, & in Latinum sermonem conuersa, auctore Gotardo Artvs. Figuris illustrata & in lucem emissa, opera & sumptibus T. de Bry relictae viduae & filiorum [i.e. J.T. and J.I. de Bry.

Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, ed.

OTHER TITLES
America. pt. 8. Latin

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Francofvrti ad Moenvm, Impressae per M. Becker] 1599.

NOTES
Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 5. Latin. Francoforti] 1595. 1st ed., 1st issue, copy 3.

Plates have special t.p.: Tabulae & imagines ad septimam et octavam Americae partem ...

The history of Drake's first voyage is translated from the account by Nuno da Silva; the second is based upon an account by Walter Bigges; the third is from Drake's logbook, continued by his mate. The voyage of Cavendish is by Francis Pretty; Raleigh's first voyage is written by himself; the account of the second is by Lawrence Kemys.

First ed., 1st issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 163; with maps on p. 78 (1st group) and p. 3 (2d group); and plates 13 and 14 printed on correct leaves.

Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 31

SUBJECTS
America--Discovery and exploration--English--Early works to 1800.
Drake, Francis,--Sir,--1540?-1596--Travel--America.
Cavendish, Thomas,--1560-1592.
Raleigh, Walter,--Sir,--1552?-1618--Travel--America.
America--Early accounts to 1600.

MEDIUM
78, 99 p. 18 plates, maps (1 fold.) 36 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G159 .B7 pt. 5 copy 3 E127

DIGITAL ID
( Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection copy ) rbdk d031_0244 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbdk.d031_0244

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(Issued as part of: Grands Voyages. (Latin edition.))

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