Bidspirit auction | DRAKE (Francis). THE WORLD Encompassed.

DRAKE (Francis). THE WORLD Encompassed. S.l. 1966. - DRAKE (Francis) THE WORLD Encompassed . S.l.: Readex Microprint, 1966. [8], [6], 108 pp.: il.; 240 mm. Facsimile of the original 1628 edition, published in the ”Great Americana Series” collection by Readex Microprint, with a historical introduction by AL Rowse and bibliographical notes by Robert O. Dougan. The World Encompassed is the earliest detailed account of Francis Drake's circumnavigation (1577-1580), the second circumnavigation of the globe after Magellan's and the first commanded by an Englishman. Compiled by the navigator's nephew, also named Francis Drake, from the ship's log and notes of chaplain Francis Fletcher, who accompanied the expedition, the text was first published in London in 1628 by Nicholas Bourne, almost half a century after the voyage. A carefully crafted facsimile of one of the most important travelogues in sixteenth-century English maritime literature. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate