THE WORLD ENCOMPASSED BY SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, Being his next Voyage to that to Nombre de Dios. Collated with an unpublished manuscript of Francis Fletcher, Chaplain to the Expedition. With Appendices Illustrative of the Same Voyage, and Introduction by Vaux
by Drake, Sir Francis; Francis Fletcher; W.S.W. Vaux
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very good- condition
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- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA) (US)
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- Title
- THE WORLD ENCOMPASSED BY SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, Being his next Voyage to that to Nombre de Dios. Collated with an unpublished manuscript of Francis Fletcher, Chaplain to the Expedition. With Appendices Illustrative of the Same Voyage, and Introduction by Vaux
- Author
- Drake, Sir Francis; Francis Fletcher; W.S.W. Vaux
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good- condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hakluyt Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1854
- Size
- Octavo (8vo)
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