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Vera totius expeditionis nauticæ : descriptio D. Franc. Draci ... / Iudocus Hondius.

Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[Amsterdam?] : I. Hondius, [ca. 1595]

NOTES
Shows routes around the world of Sir Francis Drake between 1577 and 1580 and Thomas Cavendish between 1586 and 1588.

Gift of the estate of Robert H. Power.

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.

Scale [ca. 1:100,000,000]. At equator (W 1800--E 1800/N 900--S 900).

SUBJECTS
Voyages around the world--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Discoveries in geography--Maps--Early works to 1800.
World maps--Early works to 1800.
Drake, Francis,--Sir,--1540?-1596--Travel--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Cavendish, Thomas,--1560-1592--Travel--Maps--Early works to 1800.
World.

RELATED NAMES
Power, Robert H.

MEDIUM
1 map : hand col. ; 2 hemispheres each 28 cm. in diam., on sheet 41 x 56 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3201.S12 1595 .H6 Vault

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
g3201s ct000130 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3201s.ct000130

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