The Famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes and Barkes wherin weare gotten the Townes of St. Iago: Sto. Domingo, Cartagena and St. Augustines ... Newlie come forth by Baptista B.

Copy of map belonging to the John Carter Brown Library, item 28546.

"Map showing Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage of 1585, including the Atlantic Ocean, parts of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. Cartographic elements include compass rose, scale, Ferro meridian, equator, sea banks or shoals, and major rivers of North and South America. Decorative elements include ships, "sea Connye"[fish], and flags of various European countries laying claim to lands. The creator of this map is probably Baptista Boazio, an Italian artist resident in London. Boazio is well known for his manuscript maps, although there is no known engraved work by him. The signature on this map, "Baptista B.," is the only example of his [partial] name on an engraved work. The map is often referred to as the "Drake map."In 1585, Sir Francis Drake led a flotilla of ships to the West Indies to harass Spanish settlements. The English fleet captured Santo Domingo on Hispaniola, Cartagena, Colombia, and St. Augustine, Florida. On the return voyage, they picked up passengers from the Roanoke colony. This map is one of four illustrating Drake's successes probably made by Baptista Boazio. It may have been published in Leiden." (John Carter Brown Library, 2023)

Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 70