Drake captured sixty-two brass artillery pieces at Cartagena

Evidence

It was thowght good by owr generall and lieveteau[nt generall to leave the same/ and to fortifye owr selves in a certayne priorye very near the Citie … The forte by the watarsy[de was] kept by owr sowldiours tyll the Spaniards had performed suche furthar co[mpounding] as by owr generall was layde vpon them/ The ordinaunce which was from the towne, forte, and Galleys were in all three score and two brasse pieces. — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 529

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 529
• XREF: connects to: Santo Domingo’s fall stung Philip more than Cartagena’s capture. — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 112; Spanish defeat at Cartagena led them to cede western Hispaniola to France

Broader Connections

• Santo Domingo’s fall stung Philip more than Cartagena’s capture. #expands (0.50) — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 112