The principall nauigations, voiages, and discoueries of the English nation : made by sea or ouer lan...
The principall nauigations, voiages, and discoueries 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 ... the first conteining the personall trauels of the English vnto Iudea, Syria, Arabia ... the second comprehending the worthy discoueries of the English towards the north and northeast by sea as of Lapland ... the third and last including the English valiant attempts in searching almost all the corners of the vaste and new world of America ... : whereunto is added the last most renowmed English nauigation, round about the whole globe of the Earth / by Richard Hakluyt ... ...
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Imprinted at London : By George Bishop and Ralph Newberie ..., 1589.
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Date
1589.
Call Numbers
Q58/3 , MRB/Q910.8/6C2 (16th Century) , MRB/Q910.8/6C1 (16th Century)
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English
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[16], 242, [2], 243-501, [1], 506-643, [12], 644-825, [10] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map (engraving) ; 29 cm. (fol.)
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Publisher
Imprinted at London : By George Bishop and Ralph Newberie ..., 1589.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1589.
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The principall nauigations, voiages, and discoueries 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 ... the first conteining the personall trauels of the English vnto Iudea, Syria, Arabia ... the s...
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General note
"The famous voyage of Sir Francis Drake into the South Sea ...": [12] p. inserted between p. 643 and p. 644. (Signatures 3M4-3M9)
Includes index.
Signatures: *⁸ A-T⁶ V-X⁴ 2A-2V⁶ 2X⁴ 2Y⁶ 3A-3L⁶ 3M¹² 3N-3Y⁶ 4A-4E⁶ 4F⁴ (4X4 and 4F4 blank).
Mitchell Library copy at MRB/Q910.8/6C2 has signature of Ann Maria Waring, 1823; lacks the map....
Citation / References Note
Fletcher & Smith, 931, 932, 933.
Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 27.
Sabin, 29594.
Sowerby, E.M. Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 4007.
STC (2nd ed.), 12625.
Thacher, II, p. 19 (Americana)
Language note
Some contents are translations accompanied by original texts. Mandeville's travels (p. 24-79) in Latin only.
Exhibitions
Exhibited in: "Kill or Cure? A Taste of Medicine", State Library of New South Wales, 30 July 2022 - 22 January 2023. NSL
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Q58/3 , MRB/Q910.8/6C2 (16th Century) , MRB/Q910.8/6C1 (16th Century)
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74VM4650VE3M
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910.942
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991001357509702626
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