Map of Santo Domingo

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Map of Santo Domingo Long Caption: Scale: ca. 1:5 000. Map showing Santo Domingo with features and incidents of Sir Francis Drake's attack on the town. The sea area is decorated with local wildlife including a crocodile, a flying fish and a turtle. This is one of four charts drawn to accompany Walter Bigges' Expeditio Francisci Draki, published in 1588. Latin inscription: 'Civitas S Dominici sita in Hispaniola Indiea Angliae magnitudinae ferre aequalis, ipsa urbs elagantur ab Hispanis extracta, et omnibus circumvicinis insulis iura dat' Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: PBC4053(2) Artist: Baptista Boazio Date: 1588 Medium: engraving Size: 420 mm x 570 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.