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Narrationes duæ admodum memorabiles, : quarum prima continet diarium expeditionis Francisci Draki equitis Angli in Indias Occidentales suscepæ, anno MDLXXXV. Altera omnium rerum ab eodem Drako et Norreysio in Lusitanica irruptione gestarum fidelem continuationem subjicit

Bigges, Walter, -1586 · 1590 · Noribergæ, : Typis Christophori Lochneri, & Iohannis Hofmanni. · 6 pictures

Narrationes duæ is a Latin account printed in Nuremberg in 1590 by Christoph Lochner and Johann Hofmann, recording Francis Drake's 1585 expedition to the West Indies and his raid on Portugal, written by Walter Bigges. The pictures are woodcut and engraved material: a decorative strapwork cartouche band, a bordered oval portrait of Drake labelled as admiral in the Revenge, and a large woodcut initial P with a dragon-like beast, all of which suggest sources for title-page framing, heading bands and drop-cap letters.

Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596

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