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The Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake

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Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection copy

Le voyage cvrievx, faict avtovr du monde, par François Drach, admiral d'Angleterre. Augmenté de la seconde partie.

OTHER TITLES
Famous voyage of Sir Francis Drake into the South Sea. French

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Paris, Chez A. Robinot, 1641.

NOTES
The 1st part is a translation, by F. de Louvencourt, sieur de Vauchelles, of The famous voyage of Sir Francis Drake into the South Sea (as published in R. Hakluyt. The principall navigations ... 1589) It was published in 1613 under title: Le voyage de l'illvstre seignevr et cheualier François Drach, admiral d'Angleterre, alentour du monde. "Subsequent editions appeared in 1627 and 1641 with a second part, which so far as Drake is concerned is pure fiction."--H.R. Wagner. Sir Francis Drake's voyage around the world, 1926, p. 240.

The 2d part has caption title: Seconde partie des singvlaritez remarqvees aux isles & terres fermes du midy, & des Indes orientales, par ... François Drach ...

Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 44

SUBJECTS
Drake, Francis,--Sir,--1540?-1596--Travel.
Drake, Francis,--Sir,--1540?-1596--Early works to 1800.
Voyages around the world--Early works to 1800.
Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.

RELATED NAMES
Louvencourt, François de, sieur de Vauchelles, 1568-1638.
Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)

RELATED TITLES
Voyage curieux, faict autour du monde, par François Drach, admiral d'Angleterre.

MEDIUM
[8], 230 p. 18 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G420.D7 F3514 1641

DIGITAL ID
( Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection copy ) rbdk d044 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbdk.d044

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