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ANDREWS, KENNETH R. The Last Voyage of Drake & Hawkins
Cambridge. The Hakluyt Society, 1972. First Edition. 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xiv, 283 pp, 10 plates, including folding, bibliog, index. orig cloth, gilt vignette, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine and clean, covers bright. ¶ This is an account of the expedition of the royal and private ships under Drake and Hawkins describing the failed attempt to capture the city of Panama and descriptions of their attempts to capture Grand Canary, Puerto Rico. There is an interesting description of equipment and supplies taken and an account of the ordinance, the costs of the provisions in detail. The appendix by D. W. Waters on the ""Art of Navigation in the Age of Drake"". Andrews provides a good historical introduction
Offered for US$ 38.00 by: Horizon Books - Book number: N10209
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