Vera totivs expeditionis navticæ /
The Portus Novae Albionis, is a plan of northern San Francisco Bay including Belvedere Island, Tiburon Peninsula and the Contra Costa County shore. The original plan was drawn by the Francis Drake expedition in the summer of 1579. This world map brought together for the first time the place names No...
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| Format: | Map |
| Language: | Latin |
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| Summary: | The Portus Novae Albionis, is a plan of northern San Francisco Bay including Belvedere Island, Tiburon Peninsula and the Contra Costa County shore. The original plan was drawn by the Francis Drake expedition in the summer of 1579. This world map brought together for the first time the place names Nova Albion and California, setting forth a division between Spain and England that lasted for over two centuries. |
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| Item Description: | Facsimile. "Reproduced in full scale from an original copy in the map room of the Royal Geographical Society." 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. Cartographic material. |
| Physical Description: | 1 map ; 2 hemispheres each 28 cm. in diam., on sheet 45 x 57 cm. |