Ephemeris expeditionis Norreysij & Draki in Lusitaniam.
Contributors: O. H.; Woodcock, Thomas, d. 1594, printer.; Huth, Henry, 1815-1878, former owner.; Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress); English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Impensis Thomae VVoodcocke ...
Published: 1589
Place of publication: Londini
Language: lat
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596 -- Travel -- Portugal; Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596; Norris, John, Sir, 1547?-1597; Lisbon Expedition, 1589; Portugal -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Relatio eorum omnium, quae a Norreysio & Drako in sua expeditione Portugalensi, singulis diebus gesta fuerint; Ephemeris expeditionis Norreysij et Draki in Lusitaniam
Notes: "First edition. One of the most important original sources for the history of the Drake-Norris attack upon Spain and Portugal in 1589 ... It is a diary of the events of that expedition, from March 15 to July 3."--H.P. Kraus. Sir Francis Drake; a pictorial biography, 1970, p. 200, no. 25.
Includes a prefatory letter purporting to be from O.H. to Michael Isselt of Amersfort and a postscript also addressing Isselt. O.H. calls the anonymous author a participant in the expedition.
Signatures: A⁴(-A1) B-D⁴ E⁴(-E4).
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
STC (2nd ed.) 18653
Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 25