A summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes VVest Indian voyage. : VVherein were taken, the townes of Saint Iago, Sancto Domingo, Cartagena & Saint Augustine.
1589
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Title
A summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes VVest Indian voyage. : VVherein were taken, the townes of Saint Iago, Sancto Domingo, Cartagena & Saint Augustine.
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By Richard Field, dwelling in the Blacke-Friars by Ludgate, 1589.
Description
[4], 52 p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Bigges, Walter, -1586, author.
Gates, Thomas, Sir, -1621.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Croftes, Lieutenant.
Gates, Thomas, Sir, -1621.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Croftes, Lieutenant.
Note
"Begun by Captaine Bigges .. the same being afterwardes finished (as I thinke) by his lieutenant Maister Croftes, or some other, I knowe not well who"--A2r.
Editor's dedication signed: Thomas Cates.
Running title reads: Sir Frances Drakes VVest Indian voyage.
Signatures: A² B-G⁴ H².
Another state (STC 3056.5) has three additional lines in the title and a line of errata on the last page.
Often bound with maps, which were evidently sold separately and are separately listed as STC 3171.6, which see for information on states and combinations.
Stationers' register: Entered to W. Ponsonby 26 November 1588.
Editor's dedication signed: Thomas Cates.
Running title reads: Sir Frances Drakes VVest Indian voyage.
Signatures: A² B-G⁴ H².
Another state (STC 3056.5) has three additional lines in the title and a line of errata on the last page.
Often bound with maps, which were evidently sold separately and are separately listed as STC 3171.6, which see for information on states and combinations.
Stationers' register: Entered to W. Ponsonby 26 November 1588.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 3056
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S722
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S722
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 3056
Folger-specific note
HH27/14. Stained, t.p. torn and mended, affecting imprint. Bernard Quaritch pencilled note. Provenance: bookplate of Gloddaeth library; small label: Edwd. Parry ...; signature of Persivall Golding; Baron Mostyn - Harmsworth copy