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Hakluytus Posthumus, or, Purchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by englishmen and others, Samuel Purchas, Volume 15

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Hakluytus Posthumus, or, Purchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by englishmen and others, Samuel Purchas, Volume 15

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hakluytus Posthumus

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

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911057264

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Samuel Purchas

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Cambridge library collection. Maritime explorationCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

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or, Purchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by englishmen and others

Summary

Richard Hakluyt's 12-volume Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, originally published at the end of the sixteenth century, and reissued by the Cambridge Library Collection in the edition of 1903–5, was followed in 1625 by Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas his Pilgrimes, now reissued in a 20-volume edition published in 1905–7. When first published in four folio volumes, the work was the largest ever printed in England. An Anglican priest, Samuel Purchas (1577–1626) was a friend of Hakluyt, and based his great work in part on papers not published by Hakluyt before his death. As well as being a wide-ranging survey of world exploration, it is notable as an anti-Catholic polemic, and a justification of British settlement in North America. Volume 15 focuses on the West Indies, Mexico, and 'New Spain', and especially on the narratives of José de Acosta.--, Provided by publisher

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Purchas his pilgrimes

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