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A True description of the naval expedition of Francis Drake, Englishman & Knight, who with five ships departed from the western part of England on 13 December 1577, circumnavigated the globe and returned on 26 September 1580 with one ship remaining, the others having been destroyed by waves or fire

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Description: A True description of the naval expedition of Francis Drake, Englishman &...
TitleA True description of the naval expedition of Francis Drake, Englishman & Knight, who with five ships departed from the western part of England on 13 December 1577, circumnavigated the globe and returned on 26 September 1580 with one ship remaining, the others having been destroyed by waves or fire
Creator nameUnknown
Creator nationality/cultureUnknown
Creator roleMapmaker
Creation datec. 1587
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
MaterialsPen and ink and watercolor on parchment
Dimensions9 3/8 × 17 3/4 in. (23.8 × 45 cm)
LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
https:/­/­collections.britishart.yale.edu/­catalog/­orbis:9579023
Accession numberFolio C 2009 2
SubjectsDiscovery and explorationPictorial mapsWorld maps, Manuscript
StatusLatin map title: Vera descriptio expeditionis nauticae Francisci Draci Angli, cognitis aurati [cartographic material]: qui quinq[ue] navibus probe instructis, ex occidentali Anglia parte anchoras soluens, tertio post decimo Decembris An[n]o MDLXXVII, terraru[m] orbis ambitum circumnavigans, unica tantu[m] navi reliqua (alijs fluctibus, alijs flamma correptis) redux factus, sexto supra vigesimo Sep. 1580
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Paul Mellon’s Legacy: A Passion for British Art
Catalogue: Book Arts
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Copyright© Yale University
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Gallery of Works: Book Arts
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Dimensions13 7/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 in. (35.2 x 28.6 x 17.8 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120440
Accession number1991.479
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Dimensions36 × 28 cm
LocationReginensis latinus 123, fol. 144v, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City
https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Reg.lat.123
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https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Reg.lat.123
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http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/75238
Accession number1989.639
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Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
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LocationVatican Museums, Rome
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Creation date1201–1225
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Object typeSculpture
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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29367001
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Object typeSculpture
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https://id.smb.museum/object/1415193
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Creator roleSculptor
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Object typeSculpture
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https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70463/veroli-casket-casket-unknown/
Accession number216-1865
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http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120168
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West Africa, detail of So-called Genoese...
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Creator roleSculptor
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MaterialsMarble
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https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US
Accession numberCat. 1059
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