Drake provenance papers.
Contributors: Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1950
Language: eng
Number of pages: 70
Subjects: Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596 -- Archival resources.; Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596 -- Sources.; Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907- -- Archival resources.; Bigges, Walter, d. 1586.; Billingsley, Henry, Sir, d. 1606.; Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598.; Cabrera de Córdoba, Luis, 1559?-1623.; Camden, William, 1551-1623.; Caro de Torres, Francisco, fl. 1583-1642.; Donne, Benjamin, 1729-1798.; Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596.; Hawkins, John, Sir, 1532-1595.; Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616.; Holland, Henry, 1583-1650?; Maurice, Prince of Orange, 1567-1625.; Medina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duque de, 1550-1619.; Medina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duque de, 1550-1619.; Norris, John, Sir, 1547?-1597.; Orlers, Jan Janszn., 1570-1646.; Passe, Crispijn van de, d. 1670.; Quad, Matthias, 1557-1613.; Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598 -- Correspondence.; R. B., 1632?-1725?; Rosaccio, Giuseppe, ca. 1530-ca. 1620.; Sarmiento de Gamboa, Pedro, 1532?-1608?; Toledo, Francisco de, 1515-1582. -- Correspondence.; Wingfield, Anthony, Captain.; Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress); Lisbon Expedition, 1589.; West Indies Expedition, 1585-1586.; Famous voyage of Sir Francis Drake into the South Sea.; Principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nation.; Relacion del viage que hizieron las cinco fragatas de armada de Su Magestad.; Explorers -- Great Britain.; Explorers -- Spain.; Armada, 1588.; Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D.C.); Manuscripts, Spanish -- Washington (D.C.); Rare books -- Washington (D.C.); Maps -- Washington (D.C.); Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina) -- Discovery and exploration.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1558-1603.; Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Tudors, 1485-1603.; Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1558-1603.; Spain -- Colonies -- America.; Spain -- Foreign relations -- 1556-1598.; Spain -- History -- Philip II, 1556-1598.; Spain -- Politics and government -- 1556-1598.; Portugal -- History -- 16th century.; Netherlands -- Foreign relations -- 1556-1648.; Netherlands -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1556-1648.
Genres: Sources.; Correspondence.
Notes: In English, Spanish, Latin, Italian, German, French, and Dutch.
Ephemera documenting H.P. Kraus's assembling of his Sir Francis Drake Collection of books, manuscripts, maps, architectural drawings, portraits, and medals. Include dealers' descriptions, notes, and correspondence, some in typescript and some photocopied or in carbon copies; typescript transcriptions and translations of ms. materials, photographs of ms. letters and maps; one bookseller's label (folder D028). Also include photocopies of bibliography entries and excerpts from books discussing Drake's and related voyages. Some items have ms. annotations.
Numbers on folders (D001 to D059, with omissions) correspond to the numbered items (1 through 60) in Sir Francis Drake : A Pictorial Biography by Hans P. Kraus : The Catalogue of the Collection (LCCN 75087886; available also in digital form: see address below).
Includes background material for items in the same Drake Catalogue numbered 1, 3-15, 18-32, 34-35, 37-39, 42-45, 51, 54, and 59.
Gift of Hans and Hanni Kraus, June 13, 1980.