Drake promised a full official account of the voyage beyond the newsletter

Evidence

And because our generall Sir Fran[cis Drake] promysed a whole and perfect booke of all such th[ings that] have happened throughout our whole voyadge7 … this present [will] comvnycate no more then the effective tymes and manner of our procedynges — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 695

Categorization

• SEED: The lost promise of Drake’s full book is a hook to investigate what official record of the voyage survives and what never did.
• XREF: Connects to the editorial claim in paragraph 721 that the newsletter was an advance report anticipating Drake’s fuller book.
• QUESTION: Was Drake’s promised full book ever written or has it been lost? The newsletter implies a more complete record existed.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 695