Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: T108200

Captain Cuellar's Adventures in Connacht and Ulster

Author: Francisco de Cuellar

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Robert Crawford

translated by Robert Crawford

Electronic edition compiled by Benjamin Hazard

Funded by University College, Cork and
Higher Education Authority via the CELT Project

3. Third draft.

Extent of text: 12980 words

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(2003) (2008) (2011)

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Text ID Number: T108200

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Sources

  1. Madrid, La Real Academia de la Historia, Colección Salazar, número. 7, fólio 58.
    Editions and Translations
  1. C. Fernández Duro (ed.), La Armada Invencible por el Capitan de Navío de la Real Academia de la Historia, Est. Tipográfico 'Sucesores de Rivadeneyra' 2 vols. (Madrid 1884-–5).
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    Secondary Literature (General Reading)
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    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Captain Cuellar's narrative of the Spanish Armada and of his wanderings and adventures in Ireland. Robert Crawford (ed), First editionElliott StockLondon (1897)

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The present electronic text represents pages 17–39 of Brendan Clifford's reprint of Hugh Allingham's edition. The letter has appeared in seven modern printed editions since the late nineteenth century. According to Robert Crawford in the Introduction to his translation, there is no evidence to support Henry Sedgwick's assumption that it was originally written to Philip II. This error must, he writes, "have arisen from some misconception as to the meaning of the abbreviations made use of in Spanish epistolary correspondence... Mr Sedgwick has apparently mistaken the initials V.m., which stand for 'Vuestra merced', for V.M. meaning 'Vuestra Majestad' ", and the informal style of the letter "was certainly not such as a captain of the Spanish navy would address to his Sovereign".

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Created: Translation by Robert Crawford (1896)

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Language: [EN] The text is in English.

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