The principall navigations, voiages and discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer land, to the most remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres : deuided into three seuerall parts, according to the positions of the regions whereunto they were directed ... whereunto is added the last most renowmed English nauigation, round about the whole globe of the earth / by Richard Hakluyt ...
Alternate Title(s):
Principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nation.
Published / Created:
Imprinted at London : by George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1589.
Physical Description:
[16], 242, [2], 243-643, [12], 644-825, [12] p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : ill., map ; 29 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Eca +589Hb: Second impression with Sir Jeremy Bowes' account in third person. Imperfect: Map wanting; p. 818 to end wanting; blank leaves between p. 242-243 and at end wanting; some leaves bled at top; t.p. mutilated and repaired. Autograph: Josyas Reynell.
Exhibition History:
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
Subject Terms:
Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800. | Discoveries in geography -- English -- Early works to 1800. | Reynell, Josias -- Autograph.