A Summarie and True Discourse of Sir Frauncis Drake's West Indian Voyage

DocumentII ASUMMARIEANDTRUEDISCOURSEOFSIR FRANCESDRAKESWESTINDIANVOYAGE.Whereinweretaken,theTownesofSaint!ago,SanctoDomingo, Cartagena&SaintAugustine.ImprintedatLondonbyRichard Field,dwellingintheBlacke-FriarsbyLudgate.1589.1

1Quinn(RoanokeVoyages,p.307)readtheweightas250li.2i.e.sassafras. 3Thismayrefertoreportsbycolonistsaftertheyhadreturned.Cf.Hariot's

reference(inABriefandTrueReport)totheirspeechesandreports.Quinn,Roanoke Voyages,pp.308,n.;324·

4Thedatemayhavebeen19June(Lane'snarrative,inHakluyt,Prin.Nav.,vm, 345);itisgivenasthe18thintheSummarieandthecorrespondingMapText.The accuracyofsomeofLane'sdateshasbeenquestionedbyQuinn(RoanokeVoyages, pp.288,308,n.).TheSummarie,however,isnotinfallible(seebelow,p.274,n.7).