Diuers voyages touching the discouerie of America, and the ilands adiacent vnto the same, made first of all by our Englishmen, and afterward by the Frenchmen and Britons: and certaine notes of aduertisements for obseruations, necessarie for such as shall heereafter make the like attempt, with two mappes annexed heereunto for the plainer vnderstanding of the whole matter.
Alternate Title(s):
Divers voyages touching the discoverie of America, and the ilands adjacent unto the same
Published / Created:
Imprinted at London : [By Thomas Dawson] for Thomas VVoodcocke, dwelling in paules Church-yard, at the signe of the blacke beare, 1582.
Physical Description:
[124] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"The Epistle Dedicatorie" ([7] p.) with caption: "To the right worshipfull and most vertuous gentleman master Phillip Sydney Esquire" signed by R.H., Richard Hakluyt.
Exhibition History:
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
Subject Terms:
Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800. | America -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800. | America -- Early accounts to 1600. | Discoveries in geography -- Early accounts to 1600. | Northwest Passage -- Early accounts to 1600. | Morris, H.C.L., M.D. -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Travel literature | Exploration literature | Woodcuts.