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Jodocus Hondius – Map of the World (1595)
Title: Vera totius expeditionis nauticæ : descriptio D. Franc. Draci … /
Contributor Names: Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612.
Created / Published: [Amsterdam?] : I. Hondius, [ca. 1595].
Medium: 1 map : hand col. ; 2 hemispheres each 28 cm. in diam., on sheet 41 x 56 cm.
Summary: Earth. Shows routes around the world of Sir Francis Drake between 1577 and 1580 and Thomas Cavendish between 1586 and 1588. Includes text, 2 ancillary maps showing landing at California and Java, 2 ancillary views showing Drake’s welcome at Moluccas and Drake’s ship cast up on the rocks near the Celebes, and ill.
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