Portrait of Sir Francis Drake

by Hieronymus Wierix, Jean the Elder, Rabel, Engraver, Painter

$2,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Provenance: Frederic R. Halsey collection. One of the earliest portaits of one of the greatest figures in maritime history, Sir Francis Drake. Sir Francis Drake c.1540-1596 was an English explorer, pirate, and politician, best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition in his galleon the Golden Hind. Drake left England with five ships in December of 1577, as is noted in the present print. He returned three years later, having challenged

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