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The Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake

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Manuscript dispatch in Spanish.

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

CREATED/PUBLISHED
May (no day, but probably 18), 1587

NOTES
Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake no. 5

Physical Description: Unsigned: drafted as the model for letters sent by the Duke to authorities in Spanish settlements in the Caribbean area, informing them of Drake's recent attack on Spanish shipping at Cadiz and warning them that he may intend to attack them. Paper, 1¼ pp. Folio (315 x 215 mm.), with attached slip. Endorsed on verso of second (blank) folio.

SUBJECT
Armada, 1588.
Drake, Francis,--Sir,--1540?-1596--Early works to 1800.
Guzman, de Alonso Perez
West Indies Expedition, 1585-1586.

RELATED NAMES
Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)

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 d005
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbdk.d005

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