The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation: Made by Sea Or Overland to the Remote & Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Years, Volume 8 |
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Contents
THE PRINCIPALL NAVIGATIONS OF THE ENGLISH NATION | 1 |
The first voyage of M William Hawkins of Plimmouth father | 13 |
A letter of the adventurers for Brasil sent to John Whithal | 19 |
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