The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques and Discoveries of the English NationCambridge University Press, 2014 M04 17 - 500 pages Richard Hakluyt (1552?-1616) was fascinated from his earliest years by stories of strange lands and voyages of exploration. A priest by profession, he was also an indefatigable editor and translator of geographical accounts, and a propagandist for English expeditions to claim new lands, especially in the Americas. His most famous work was first published in 1589, and expanded in 1598-1600: reissued here is the twelve-volume edition prepared by the Scottish firm of James MacLehose and Sons and first published between 1903 and 1905, which included introductory essays and notes. Hakluyt's subjects range from transcriptions of personal accounts and 'ruttiers' (descriptive charts of voyages) to patriotic attacks against rival nations (especially Spain). Volume 11 contains accounts of Brazil, the Straits of Magellan, the South Seas, and circumnavigations, and includes a letter written by Queen Elizabeth to the emperor of China. |
Contents
Three testimonies of Josepho de Acosta concerning | 16 |
The first voyage of M William Hawkins of Plimmouth | 23 |
A Voyage of two Englishmen to the river of Plate in | 91 |
The famous voyage of sir Francis Drake into the South | 101 |
Certaine words of the naturall language of Java with | 132 |
Common terms and phrases
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