The high land of cano & Candish bay

Bound sheet. Col. ms. Additional Places: Costa Rica, Bahia de Coronado. Bound in 'A Wagoner of the South Sea describeing the sea coast from acapulco to Albemarle isle', an English translation of a Spanish derrotero captured from the Spanish ship 'Rosario' by Captain Bartholomew Sharpe in 1680. Hack made multiple copies of this atlas. This one was presented to James II.

Administrative / biographical background
Bay named for Thomas Cavendish who went there in 1589.

Record Details

Item reference: P/33(38); MS31-9945C
Level: PART
Extent: 40.5 x 50cm
Date made: 1685
Creator: Hack, William
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London