Expeditio Francisci Draki eqvitis Angli in Indias Occidentales a. M.D.LXXXV.
Subtitle: Quâ vrbes, Fanum D. Iacobi, D. Dominici, D. Augustini & Carthagena, captae fuêre. Additis passim regionum locorúmque omnium tabulis geographicis quàm accuratissimis.
Contributors: Croftes, Lieutenant.; Boazio, Baptista.; Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Apud F. Raphelengium
Published: 1588
Place of publication: Leydae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 21
Subjects: Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596 -- Travel -- West Indies.; Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596 -- Early works to 1800.; West Indies Expedition, 1585-1586.; Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Explorers -- America -- Biography.; West Indies -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.; Biography.
Notes: Translation of A summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage.
"First Latin edition ... The text is somewhat abridged from the original English version, which was published ... in the following year."--H. P. Kraus. Sir Francis Drake; a pictorial biography, 1970, p. 198, no. 20.
The original version was begun by W. Bigges, who died on the voyage, and completed probably by his lieutenant, Croftes.
L.C. has 3 of 4 maps by B. Boazio, matted and in a separate case (38 cm.) with a photo of the lacking map of St. Augustine. They belong to the smaller-sized set of engravings mentioned by Kraus.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 20