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british1
el dorado1
natural history1
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America4
Northwest Passage2
Guiana1
Japan1
South America1
Virginia1

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Major, Richard Henry2
Major, Richard Henry (1818-1891)2
Rundall, Thomas2
Adams, William1
Adams, William (1564-1620)1
Bethune, C R Drinkwater (1802-1884)1
Bethune, C. R. Drinkwater1
Cabot, Sebastian, 1474 (Ca.)-15571
Columbus, Christopher1
Cooley, William Desborough1

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Memorials of the empire of Japon : in the XVI and XVII centuries

Rundall, Thomas; Adams, William (1564-1620)

1850

Contents: A description of the empire in the 16th century. From... Harleian mss. 6249 -- Letters of William Adams,1611 to 1617 -- Notes -- Summary of a narrative by His Excellancy Don Rodrigo de Viver...

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Divers voyages touching the discovery of America and the islands adjacent

Hakluyt, Richard (1552?-1616); Jones, John Winter (1805-1881); Fahyan, Robert (1513); Thorne, Robert (1527); Verrazzano, Giovanni da (1485-1528); Ribaut, Jean (1520 (ca.)-1565); Hacket, Thomas (fl. 1560-1590); Great Britain

1850

Reprint of original edition, including title-page.

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Sir Francis Drake his voyage, 1595

Maynarde, Thomas (fl. 1595); Cooley, William Desborough (1883)

1849

"Relacion de lo sucedido en San Juan de Puerto Rico de las Yudias, con la armada ynglesa del cargo de Francis Draque y Juan Aquines, a los 23rd [!]de noviembre de 1595" followed by translation: p. [27...

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Select letters of Christopher Columbus : with other original documents, relating to his four voyages to the New World

Columbus, Christopher; Major, Richard Henry (1818-1891)

1847

English translations, with Spanish text at foot of page.

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The observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Knt in his voyage into the South Sea in the year 1593 : reprinted from the edition of 1622

Hawkins, Sir Richard (1562?-1622); Bethune, C R Drinkwater (1802-1884)

1847

Spine title: Hawkins' voyage.

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The historie of travaile into Virginia Britannia : expressing the cosmographie and comodities of the country, togither with the manners and customes of the people

Strachey, William (1572?-1621); Major, Richard Henry (1818-1891)

1849

With a facsimile reproduction of Captain John Smith's map.

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