One of the earliest maps to depict Drake’s circumnavigation

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La heroike interprinse faict par le Signeur Draeck d'avoir cirquit toute la terre.

[after VAN SYPE, Nicolas]
[?Antwerp,
c1587].
Engraved map, trimmed to neatline, trimmed to image, slight loss to lower border, cut to far right portion of map, skilfully repaired, watermark of armorial with a capital letter 'B', coronet, and banderole below with text 'Nicolas Lebe' (Briquet 8079 dated c1580).
240 by 450mm. (9.5 by 17.75 inches).
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This separately published broadside map is one of the earliest to record Drake's celebrated voyage. The voyage was the first by an Englishman and only the second after Magellan, and as such was of huge significance. It challenged Spain's hegemony of the New World at the same time that England was confronting her power over Europe. The circumnavigation was also good business, with a return on the original investment of 4,600%. The Queen's own share, according to John Maynard...

bibliography:

bibliography:

Hans P. Kraus, Sir Francis Drake: A Pictorial Biography (Amsterdam: Nico Israel, 1970), 48; Shirley, World, 149 and 151; Henry R. Wagner, Sir Francis Drake's voyages around the world (San Francisco: John Howell, 1926), 424-434.

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