The artist Boazio sailed on the 1585-86 expedition itself.

Evidence

There is, however, another piece of evidence which has missed the attention of earlier scholars, and which seems to establish that Boazio was himself a member of the expedition, travelling in the entourage of the lieutenant general, Christopher Carleill. — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 2162

Categorization

• FICTION: Boazio as a cartographer-warrior aboard Drake’s fleet gives a contemporary narrator an eyewitness-professional POV for mapping the raids.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 2162
• XREF: connects to: Drake’s fleet carried John White home from Roanoke, where he and Boazio exchanged artwork. — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 2165

Broader Connections

• Drake’s fleet carried John White home from Roanoke, where he and Boazio exchanged artwork. #corroborates (0.75) — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 2165