Hakluyt's Voyages: A Selection
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Condition: Very Good. Jacket: good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure. No stickers or labels visible.
A landmark anthology of Elizabethan exploration, Hakluyt's Voyages presents a curated selection from Richard Hakluyt's monumental The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, one of the greatest works of the English Renaissance. Selected and introduced by Richard David, this edition brings together the most vivid and dramatic accounts of English seafarers, merchants, and adventurers who charted unknown coasts, opened trade routes, and expanded the boundaries of the known world during the sixteenth century. The narratives chronicle extraordinary encounters with distant peoples, treacherous seas, and uncharted territories, rendered in the rich, muscular prose of the Elizabethan age. Authoritative yet utterly compelling, this selection stands as an essential record of England's age of discovery and a testament to the daring spirit that drove its greatest mariners.
Author: Richard David
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, Chatto & Windus
Genre: Travel & exploration
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure. No stickers or labels visible.
A landmark anthology of Elizabethan exploration, Hakluyt's Voyages presents a curated selection from Richard Hakluyt's monumental The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, one of the greatest works of the English Renaissance. Selected and introduced by Richard David, this edition brings together the most vivid and dramatic accounts of English seafarers, merchants, and adventurers who charted unknown coasts, opened trade routes, and expanded the boundaries of the known world during the sixteenth century. The narratives chronicle extraordinary encounters with distant peoples, treacherous seas, and uncharted territories, rendered in the rich, muscular prose of the Elizabethan age. Authoritative yet utterly compelling, this selection stands as an essential record of England's age of discovery and a testament to the daring spirit that drove its greatest mariners.