COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
50225
File Name:
50225
Call number:
Cabinet B589 /1
Map title:
The Famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes and Barkes wherein weare gotten the Townes of St. Iago: Sto. Domingo, Cartagena and St. Augustines ... Newlie come forth by Baptista B.
Place of Publication:
[Leiden]
Publication date:
[1589]
Map size height:
41.8 cm.
Map size width:
54.1 cm.
Item description:
engraving
Geographical description:
Map showing Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage of 1585, including the Atlantic Ocean, parts of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. Pasted below the map is an intinerary of Drake's voyage. Cartographic elements include compass rose, scale, Ferro meridian and equator, sea banks, and major rivers of North and South America. Decorative elements include ships, "sea Connye"[fish], and flags of various European countries laying claim to lands.
References:
Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 70
Geographic Area:
Western hemisphere
Historical notes:
The creator of this map is probably Baptista Boazio, an Italian artist resident in London. Boazio is well known for his manuscript maps, although there is no known engraved work by him. The signature on this map, "Baptista B.," is the only example of his [partial] name on an engraved work. The map is often referred to as the "Drake map."In 1585, Sir Francis Drake led a flotilla of ships to the West Indies. The English fleet captured Santo Domingo on Hispaniola, Cartagena, Colombia, and St. Augustine, Florida. On the return voyage, they picked up passengers from the Roanoke colony. This map is one of four illustrating Drake's conquests probably made by Baptista Boazio. It may have been published in Leiden.
Normalized date:
1589
Creator:
Baptista Boazio
The Famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes and Barkes where...
