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THE DRAKE MANUSCRIPT In the Pierpont Morgan Library. Histoire Naturelle des Indes.
by (Sir Francis Drake). Preface by Charles E. Pierce, Jr., Foreword by Patrick O'Brian, Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg, Translations by Ruth S. Kraemer
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London: Andre Deutsch, (1996). First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket. xxii, [1], 272 pp.; quarto, original green cloth with gilt spine title, pictorial jacket.
Introductory text is followed by the complete facsimile with circa 200 full color reproductions of the extraordinary late-sixteeenth-century Drake manuscript.
Introductory text is followed by the complete facsimile with circa 200 full color reproductions of the extraordinary late-sixteeenth-century Drake manuscript.
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- Chanticleer Books
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- Title
- THE DRAKE MANUSCRIPT In the Pierpont Morgan Library. Histoire Naturelle des Indes.
- Author
- (Sir Francis Drake). Preface by Charles E. Pierce, Jr., Foreword by Patrick O'Brian, Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg, Translations by Ruth S. Kraemer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1996)
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