The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation : made by sea or ouerland, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeres, diuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed ... / by Richard Hakluyt, preacher, and sometime student of Christ-Church in Oxford.
Alternate Title(s):
Principal navigations, voyages, traffiqves and discoveries of the English nation
Published / Created:
Imprinted at London : By George Bishop, Ralph Newberie, and Robert Barker, anno 1599-1600.
Physical Description:
3 v. ; 31 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Elizabethan Club +54: Imperfect: title page of volume one cut out and pasted to blank sheet bound in; wormholes throughout, with some loss of text; some staining and holes in margins, with no loss of text. Pages 605-608 misbound as 608/606-607/605. Inscriptions throughout: John Mountfelt. Manuscript annotations throughout (some loss due to trimming). Three volumes bound as two.
Exhibition History:
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
Subject Terms:
Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800. | Discoveries in geography -- English. | Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737–1808 -- Bookplate. (BACRB) | Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737–1808 -- Ms. notes. (BACRB) | Mountfelt, John -- Autograph. | Wheler, William -- Autograph. (BACRB) | Hervy, William -- Provenance. (BACRB) | Admiralty Library -- Stamp.
Form/Genre:
Exploration literature | Annotations (Provenance) | Woodcuts. | Annotations (Provenance)