The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation, made … by Richard Hakluyt

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Creator

Richard Hakluyt; intro. John Masefield.

Title

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation, made … by Richard Hakluyt

Coverage

London

Publisher

J.M. Dent

Date

1927-1928

Subject

10 vols

Description

Richard Hakluyt (1553-1616) was an Elizabethan writer known for promoting the English colonization of North America. The Hakluyt Society, founded in 1846, was named in his honor.

This edition of Hakluyt’s principal work is richly illustrated with reproductions of contemporary maps and engravings. The original dust jackets have been preserved on all but three volumes.