The Principal Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries of the English Nation in Twelve Volumes Made by Sea or Over-land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 Yeeres.

Hakluyt, Richard

Verlag: Glasgow James MacLehose and Sons 1903-1905, 1903

Beschreibung

lxxx 355; xiii 448; xvii 485; xvii 458; xvii 511; xvii 526; xvii 466; xv 486; xvii 474; xix 502; xix 458; xv 471pp. Twelve Volume set; Octavo in original navy blue cloth. Gold lettering and clamshell design on spine and gold seal with lettering 'Auxilio Divino' on front board. Gilt top edge. Contains many maps, foldout pages and illustrations. All illustrations intact. One of only 1000 copies printed. Half title page on Volume I only has very minor old fold lines. Very light wear to the extremities. Very good to fine condition Richard Hakluyt was an English geographer noted for his political influence, his voluminous writings, and his promotion of Elizabethan overseas expansion, especially the colonization of North America. This is an excellent early reprint of his major publication which provided almost everything known about the early English voyages to North America. Heavy set, this will require additional shipping charges. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 142343

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Principal Navigations, Voyages and ...

Verlag: Glasgow James MacLehose and Sons 1903-1905

Erscheinungsdatum: 1903

Einband: Hardcover