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Aldershot: Navy Records Society / Temple Smith, 1988. 380 pp, 8vo (9" H) - blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, gold emblem on front board. B&w frontispiece, maps. Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Letters and Papers: The Origins and Original Purposes of the Expedition, August-October 1588; Preparations in England, October-December 1588; Sir John Norris in the United Provinces, October-December 1588; The Troops ordered to the Ports, December 1588-January 1589; Mounting Costs, December 1588-February 1589; Difficulties and Delays, January-February 1589; Orders, Instructions, and Proposals, January-March 1589; Contrary Winds and Financial Problems, March-April 1589; The Earl of Essex joins the Expedition, April 1589; Operations at Corunna, April-May 1589; First Reactions at Home, May 1589; Operations in Portugal, May-June 1589; Return and Disbanding, June-July 1589; Recollections and Reflections, July 1589 onwards; The Hanseatic Prizes and the Dutch Flyboats; Making up the Accounts;…
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THE EXPEDITION OF SIR JOHN NORRIS AND SIR FRANCIS DRAKE TO SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, 1589
by R.B., Editor Wernham
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Aldershot, UK: Temple Smith, 1988. First English Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Produced for the Naval Records Society. Contemporary letters and papers on preparation and the expedition. A near fine copy, very slight wear to corners, published without dust jacket. (380p., portrait, 5 maps, appendices, notes, biblio., index.)
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- Edition First English Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Temple Smith
- Place of Publication Aldershot, UK
- Date Published 1988
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