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The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries 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 : The first volume containeth the worthy discoueries &c. of the English toward the north and northeast by sea... : together with many notable monuments and testimonies of the ancient forren trades, and of the warrelike and other shipping of this realme of England in former ages. VVhereunto is annexed a briefe commentary of the true state of Island, and of the northren seas and lands situate that way; as also the memorable defeat of the Spanish huge Armada, Anno 1588 : The second volume comprehendeth the principall nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation made by sea or ouer-land, to the south and south-east (v.1 - 2)

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Title: The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries 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 : The first volume containeth the worthy discoueries &c. of the English toward the north and northeast by sea... : together with many notable monuments and testimonies of the ancient forren trades, and of the warrelike and other shipping of this realme of England in former ages. VVhereunto is annexed a briefe commentary of the true state of Island, and of the northren seas and lands situate that way; as also the memorable defeat of the Spanish huge Armada, Anno 1588 : The second volume comprehendeth the principall nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation made by sea or ouer-land, to the south and south-east (v.1 - 2)

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Classmark: BC Trv q/HAK

Creator(s): Hakluyt, Richard (1552?-1616)

Additional creator(s): Bishop, George (1562-1611) (Other); Newbery, Ralph (1560-1607) (Other); Barker, Robert (1645) (Other)

Related people: Molyneux, Emery; Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615; Bishop, George; Newbery, Ralph; Barker, Robert

Publisher: George Bishop, Ralph Newberie, and Robert Barker

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1599-1600

Language: English

Size and medium: 3 v in 2 (v. 1 [24] 619 p.; v. 2 [16], 312, 204 p.; v. 3, [16], 868 p)

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/281165

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001311539705181

Description

Author's name spelled Hackluyt on t.-p. for v. 2.


Initials, head and tail pieces.


Includes "A briefe and true report of the honorable voyage vnto Cadiz, 1596": v. 1, p. 607-619, excised from most copies of the 1599 issue.


Second edition. Vol.1: second issue, with reset title-page dated 1599 (first issue 1598); vol.2: 1599; vol 3: 1600.


Text mainly printed in gothic; preliminaries, supplementary material, running titles, headings etc., in roman, with some italic.


Numerous errors in pagination, especially vols. 1 and 2.


Indexed in: STC 12626 (vols 2 and 3), 12626a (vol.1).

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Wanting the 'World map.' Damp-stains. Bookplate of the earl of Jersey, Osterley Park

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