The famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes and barkes [cartographic material] : wherin weare gotten the townes of St . Iago, Sto. Domingo, Cartagena and St. Augustines : the same beinge begon from Plimmouth in the moneth of September 1585 and ended at Portesmouth in Iulie 1586 : the whole course of the saide viadge beinge plainlie described by the pricked line / newlie come forth by Baptista B.
Published / Created:
[London?] : [s.n.], [1589?]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 40.5 x 52.5 cm., on sheet 41.8 x 55.6 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio C 2010 1j no. 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:5464528
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:50,000,000] -- (W 100°0ʹ0ʺ--E 20°0ʹ0ʺ/N 60°0ʹ0ʺ--S 37°0ʹ0ʺ)
Notes:
The map's delineations loosely follow those of the manuscript map prepared by Drake for Elisabeth upon his return. The closest extant manuscript copy of this is now in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art (Vera descriptio expeditionis nauticae Francisci Draci Angli, cognitis aurati, 1587).By Baptista Boazio. The engraver is unidentified.Probably issued as a separate item. May also have been included as a set with four other maps engraved by Boazio depicting St. Augustine, Santiago, Santo Domingo, and Cartagena. The five maps may have been thus issued with Walter Bigges' A summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage (London : Richard Field, 1589).Includes bar scale, 300 leagues = 69 mm.Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 70Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps (3rd ed.) 10Hulton, P.H. The American drawings of John White, 1577-1590, 31dPollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 3171.6English short title catalogue, S123366BAC: British Art Center copy is hand-colored. Housed with the set of four other maps engraved by Boazio (STC state c).
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
Subject Terms:
Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596. | Bigges, Walter, -1586. Summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage. | West Indies Expedition, 1585–1586 -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Balistidae. | Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Tudors, 1485–1603. | America -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Atlantic Ocean -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.