Depositions and other papers relating to claims for restitution by Francisco de Avila of Seville, for loss of tobacco and other merchandise in Sir Walter Raleigh's attack on Santo Tomé during Raleigh's last voyage to Guiana, ca. 1618-1621.

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Depositions and other papers relating to claims for restitution by Francisco de Avila of Seville, for loss of tobacco and other merchandise in Sir Walter Raleigh's attack on Santo Tomé during Raleigh's last voyage to Guiana, ca. 1618-1621.

Depositions and other papers relating to claims for restitution by Francisco de Avila of Seville, for loss of tobacco and other merchandise in Sir Walter Raleigh's attack on Santo Tomé during Raleigh's last voyage to Guiana, ca. 1618-1621.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122446339

A contemporary translation into English from Spanish originals, perhaps in connection with attempts by Avila's agent in England, Diego de Castro Cortazar, to further the suit. Includes affidavits from eleven English merchants in Seville. Contemporary foliation 207-230, and the whole given a contemporary item number 25, perhaps from a larger bound volume or collection. The papers mention the Spanish diplomat Conde de Diego Sarmiento de Acuña Gondomar.

1 item, 24 ff, 33 cm.

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