Hakluyt's promise : an Elizabethan's obsession for an English America / Peter C. Mancall.
Hakluyt's promise : an Elizabethan's obsession for an English America / Peter C. Mancall.
Hakluyt's promise : an Elizabethan's obsession for an English America / Peter C. Mancall.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
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N910.92/44
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English
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378 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
London, c.1592: Woodson's tusk. -- London, 1568: The visit. -- Oxford, c.1571: Rumors. -- Oxford, 1577: The ice. -- Oxford, c.1580: Passages. -- Paris, 1583: The devouring sea. -- Paris and London, 1584 to 1589: Cabinets and curiosities. -- London, 1590 to 1600: Truth and lies. -- London, 1609: Virg...
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
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Connecticut
Date Published
c2007.
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"Though he never traveled farther than Paris, young Hakluyt spent much of the 1580s recording information about the western hemisphere and became an international authority on overseas exploration. The book traces his rise to prominence as a source of information and inspiration for England's policy makers, including the queen, and his advocacy for...
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Hakluyt's promise : an Elizabethan's obsession for an English America / Peter C. Mancall.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-364) and index.
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c2007.
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N910.92/44
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74VKOP5gk0wy
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9780300110548 (clothbound : alk. paper)
0300110545 (clothbound : alk. paper)
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910.92 B
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991022400779702626
