The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation Made by Sea or Overland to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compass of These 1600 Years

Richard Hakluyt

Verlag: J. M. Dent and Sons Limited 1927-1928, London, 1927

An attractive uniformly bound complete set of Richard Hakluyt's tales of voyage, with illustrations throughout each volume. A very smart set of works on the history of English exploration and seafaring.Complete in ten volumes.In the publisher's attractive uniform cloth binding.English writer Richard Hakluyt was best known for promoting the English colonisation of North America through his works, and was fascinated by stories of strange lands and voyages of exploration.This series contains subjects raging from transcriptions of personal accounts and descriptive charts of voyages to patriotic attacks against rival nations (particularly Spain). It also includes historical information about Prussia and the Hanseatic towns.The English navigations referred to in Volumes I-VIII include those of "The Navigator" M. Thomas Cavendish, notable Elizabethan figure Sir Walter Raleigh, and sailor Martin Frobisher, who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage.Volume I contains an introduction by English poet and writer John Masefield, Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967.Volumes IX and X contain information regarding foreign voyages, such as those by the Venetian Zeno brothers, the French explorer Jaques Cartier and French Florida coloniser John Ribault. With a full index to the rear of Vol X.Illustrated throughout each volume with fourteen plates, including sketched maps to the endpapers and pastedowns and a portrait frontispiece of important figures. In the publisher's original uniform cloth bindings. Externally, very smart with slight fading to the spines and shelf wear. Vol VII rear hinge is tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with instances of offsetting and the odd spot to the endpapers. Vol IV, VI and IX have more occasional spotting to the first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 911Y20

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques...
Verlag: J. M. Dent and Sons Limited 1927-1928, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1927
Einband: Cloth
Illustrator: T. Derrick
Zustand: Very Good Indeed
Art des Buches: book