A Treatise of All the Sea Voyages in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I with the names of the ship and the commanders, voyage, escapes, errors for future warning.

A treatise of all sea voyages in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth with the names of the Queens' ships and the Commanders; their designs, escapes and errors being a warning to future ages to avoids the like mischief collected and written by Sir William Monson. Including the beginning with a note from the author to his sons; A voyage of Sir Francis Drake to the West Indies 1585; First action by the Spaniards 1588 wherein the Duke of Medina was General; the action of Portugal 1589; A voyage undertaken by the Earl of Cumberland with one of her majesties ships and six of his own; Sir John Hawkins and Sir Martin Frobisher voyages 1590; Lord Thomas Howard 1591, was sent with a squadron to the Azores which was to waylay the Spanish treasure fleets from America; Earl of Essex and the Capture of Cádiz in 1596; Sir Richard Lawson and Sir William Monson into Narrow Sea to keep a continue force upon the Spanish Coast 1603.

Object Details

ID: HSR/A/8
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Monson, William
Date made: 1585-1603
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 volume
Parts: Narratives (Manuscript)