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nueva.

A Catalogue of the Voyages-Continued.

The

was cast away upon the yles of Bermuda: where all
the company that escaped drowning remained for
certain moneths, built themselves a barke, sailed to
Newfoundland, and so home 1593.

voyage of sir Robert Duddeley to the yle of Trinidad
and the coast of Paria: with his returne homeward by
the yles of Granata, Santa Cruz, Sant Juan de puerto
rico, Mona, Zacheo, the sholdes called Abre ojos, and
the yle of Bermuda, Anno 1594, & 1595.

The interpretation of certeine words of the language of
Trinidad annexed to the voyage of sir Robert
Duddeley.

The voyage of sir Amias Preston and Captaine George
Sommers to the West Indies, begun in March 1595:
wherein divers ylands, cities, townes, and forts were
part taken and ransomed, and part burned.

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The last voyage of sir Francis Drake & sir John Hawkins,

intended for some special services on the ylands and
maine of the West Indies, Anno 1595. In which
voyage both the foresaide knights died by sicknes. .

A libell of Spanish lies written by Don Bernaldino

delgadillo de Avellaneda, generall of the king of
Spaines armada, concerning some part of the last
voyage of sir Francis Drake: together with a con-
futation thereof by M. Henry Savile, &c.

The voyage of sir Antony Sherley to S. Iago, Dominica,
Margarita, along the coast of Tierra firma, to the
yle of Jamaica, the bay of the Honduras, 30. leagues
up Rio dolce, and homeward by Newfoundland, 1596.
The voyage of M. William Parker of Plimmouth to Mar-
garita, Jamaica, Truxillo, Puerto de cavallos, &c. with
his surprize of Campeche, the chiefe towne of Iucatan.
An. 1596, 1597. ·

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An excellent ruttier for the islands of the West Indies,
and for Tierra firma, and Nueva Espanna.

A principall ruttier conteining most particular directions
to saile from Saint Lucar in Andaluzia, by the
Canaries, the Antillas, and the other greater Isles
Westward of them, to Saint Juan de Ullua in Nueva
Espanna.

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A declaration of the Capes and Islands aswell of Madera,
the Canaries, and The west Indies, as of the Açores,
and the Isles of Cabo Verde.

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A declaration of the longitudes or Westerne and Easterne
distances from Spaine to New Spaine in America,
and from thence backe againe to Spaine.

The Epistle Dedicatorie of sir Walter Ralegh to the right
honourable the L. Charles Howard knight of the
Garter &c. and sir Robert Cecil, Councellour &c.

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The Epistle of sir Walter Ralegh to the reader.
The voyage of sir Walter Ralegh himselfe to the Isle of
Trinidad, where he tooke the citie of Saint Josepho,
and Don Antonio de Berreo the captaine thereof:
from whence with a barge and certaine boates he
passed up the bay of Guanipa, the river of Amana
one of the mouths of the great Orenoque, the maine
river of Orenoque it selfe, and other rivers, for the
space of 400. miles: and in his returne homeward
sacked & burnt the town of Cumaná 1595.

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An advertisement to the Reader concerning certaine letters
of the Spaniards intercepted at Sea.

Foure severall testimonies concerning the rich Empire of
Guiana, called by the Spaniards, El Nuevo Dorado,
collected out of certaine Spanish letters taken at sea
by captaine George Popham anno 1594.

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Foure personal reports of certaine Spaniards and of a
Frenchman, concerning El Nuevo Dorado.

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The Epistle of master Laurence Keymis to the reader.
De Guiana carmen Epicum.

The second voyage to Guiana performed and written in
the yeere 1596. by Laurence Keymis gentleman.

A table of the names of the rivers, nations, townes, and
Caciques or captaines, which were discovered in the
voyage of M. Laurence Keymis before mentioned.

A catalogue of the names of those worthy Spaniards that
have sought to discover and conquer Guiana.

An advertisement of M. Laurence Keymis to the reader.

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Sir Francis Drake,

Frontispiece

Sir Francis Drake, son of Edmund Drake, sailor and after-
wards Vicar of Upchurch, was born at Crowndale,
near Tavistock about 1545, but the exact date is
uncertain. He was apprenticed when young to the
master of a Channel coaster, and his master, dying
childless, left the vessel to him. He seems to have
followed this trade for a short time, but in 1565-6
went on some voyages to Guinea and the Spanish
Main with Captain Lovell. In 1567 he commanded
the 'Judith' of 50 tons in Sir John Hawkins' voyage
to the West Indies, and barely escaped in the fight
at San Juan de Ulloa. Immediately on his return
to England, Drake was sent to London to 'inform Sir
William Cecil of all the proceedings of the expedition.'
In 1570 he went on a voyage to the West Indies
with two ships, the 'Dragon' and the 'Swan,' and
in 1571 with the 'Swan' alone, 'to gain such intel-
ligences as might further him to get some amends
for his loss' at San Juan de Ulloa. 'And having
in those two voyages gotten such certain notice of
the persons and places aimed at as he thought
requisite' he resolved on a third voyage. He sailed
from Plymouth on 24th May 1572 with two small
ships, the 'Pasha' and 'Swan,' carrying seventy three
men, and three 'dainty' pinnaces all in pieces
and stowed aboard to be set up again as occasion
served' with intent to land at Nombre de Dios.

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