Circumnavigations of Drake and Cavendish, 1570-88
Entitled: "Vera totius expeditionis nauticÌ_: descriptio D. Franc. Draci" shows routes around the world of Francis Drake between 1577 and 1580 and Thomas Cavendish between 1586 and 1588. Includes text, 2 ancillary maps showing landing at California and Java, 2 ancillary views showing Drake's welcome at Moluccas and Drake's ship cast up on the rocks near the Celebes, and ill. Publsihed by Jodocus Hondius, 1595. Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral (1540 - January 27, 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, explorer and politician of the Elizabethan era. He carried out the second circumnavigation of the world, from 1577 to 1580. Thomas Cavendish (September 19, 1560 - May 1592) was an English explorer and a privateer known as "The Navigator" because he was the first who deliberately tried to emulate Sir Francis Drake and raid the Spanish towns and ships in the Pacific and return by circumnavigating the globe.
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