Drake and New Year’s Gift entered the fleet after its original departure

Evidence

The Drake (no. 26), although listed in both versions of the Summarie, was not a part of the original fleet. … The New Year’s Gift (no. 27} was taken at Santo Domingo and later abandoned. — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 2044

Categorization

  • QUESTION: When and where did the prize ship Drake join? Possibly a captured Spanish vessel — worth chasing for the narrative.
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 2044