Autograph draft of a reply to a memorandum recommending changes in the naval defense of Spanish America and its seaborne trade.

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Autograph draft of a reply to a memorandum recommending changes in the naval defense of Spanish America and its seaborne trade.

AUTHOR/CREATOR
Medina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, Seventh Duke of

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Spain: 1586

NOTES
Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake no. 3

Physical Description: Manuscript on paper, with corrections and sectional headings, all in Medina Sidonia's hand. 5 leaves, followed by a leaf blank except for docket. Folio (315 x 215 mm.). In a half leather case.

SUBJECT
Guzman, de Alonso Perez
Philip--II,--King of Spain,--1527-1598.
Spain--Defenses--Early works to 1800.

MEDIUM
manuscript

LANGUAGE
Spanish

PART OF
Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Washington, D.C. 20540

DIGITAL ID
rbdk d003
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbdk.d003

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