World map; records the first english circumnavigation of the globe by sir francis drake (1577-1580), as well as that of his countryman thomas cavendish a few years later (1586-1588). The map portrays the outlines of continents leaving the interiors blank, suggesting that the land areas were left unexplored. The marginalia includes the elizabethan coat-of-arms, a vignette of drake's ship the golden hind, and four corner illustrations. The drawing in the upper-left corner shows drake's landing at nova albion in present-day california. Title: vera totius expeditionis nauticae. Date: 1595.
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