Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas his Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others [Paperback]

A 20-volume seventeenth-century work (reissued in a 19057 edition) which follows Hakluyt in recording voyages of exploration.This seventeenth-century work (reissued in a 20-volume 19057 edition) follows Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations in recording voyages of exploration. Volume 19 continues with British exploration and settlement in North America, including Newfoundland and the colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth.This seventeenth-century work (reissued in a 20-volume 19057 edition) follows Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations in recording voyages of exploration. Volume 19 continues with British exploration and settlement in North America, including Newfoundland and the colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth.Richard Hakluyt's 12-volume Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, originally published at the end of the sixteenth century, and reissued by the Cambridge Library Collection in the edition of 19035, was followed in 1625 by Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas his Pilgrimes, now reissued in a 20-volume edition published in 19057. When first published in four folio volumes, the work was the largest ever printed in England. An Anglican priest, Samuel Purchas (15771626) was a friend of Hakluyt, and based his great work in part on papers not published by Hakluyt before his death. As well as being a wide-ranging survey of world exploration, it is notable as an anti-Catholic polemic, and a justification of British settlement in North America. Volume 19 continues with British exploration and settlement in North America, including Newfoundland and the colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth.5. Letter of Master Gabriel Archer on the Virginia voyage; 6. The wrack and redemption of Sir Thomas Gates; 7. The voyage of Samuell Argal from Virginia to the ile of Bermuda; 8. Relation of the Counsell of Virginia; 9. Letter of Sir Samuell Argoll touching his voyage to Virginia; 10. Notes of Virginian affairs; 11. Letter from James Towne in lÓc