Bøger af Richard Hakluyt

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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques And Discoveries Of The English Nation, V. 1 is a comprehensive collection of travel accounts and reports of English voyages and explorations from the 16th century. Compiled by Richard Hakluyt, a prominent English geographer and historian, the book covers a vast range of topics, including early English attempts to find a Northwest Passage to Asia, expeditions to the New World, and explorations of Africa and the Far East. The book is divided into three parts, each containing numerous individual accounts of voyages and explorations. The first part focuses on the voyages of English merchants and traders to Russia, the Baltic, and the Mediterranean. The second part covers the English explorations of the Americas, including the voyages of John Cabot and Sir Francis Drake. The third part includes accounts of English explorations of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, including the voyages of Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake.The book provides a fascinating insight into the early history of English exploration and trade, and is an important resource for anyone interested in the history of exploration, travel, and trade.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Documentary History Of The State Of Maine (Volume Ii) Containing A Discourse On Western Planting Written In The Year 1584 has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Richard Hakluyt (1553-1616) was an English writer. He is known for promoting the English colonisation of North America through his works, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America (1582) and The Principall Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation (1589-1600). Hakluyt was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. Between 1583 and 1588 he was chaplain and secretary to Sir Edward Stafford, English ambassador at the French court. An ordained priest, Hakluyt held important positions at Bristol Cathedral and Westminster Abbey and was personal chaplain to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, principal Secretary of State to Elizabeth I and James I. He was the chief promoter of a petition to James I for letters patent to colonise Virginia.

Voyages of the Elizabethan Seamen to America - Select Narratives from the 'Principal navigations' of Hakluyt is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.