Divers Voyages Touching The Discovery Of America And The Islands Adjacent by Richard Hakluyt
Touching The Discovery Of America And The Islands Adjacent
A compiled volume of firsthand accounts, letters, charts and official reports documenting early European voyages to the Americas and nearby islands, preserving narratives of discovery, navigation, trade prospects, encounters with indigenous peoples, and colonial ambitions; it assembles varied sources—from captain’s journals and royal dispatches to commercial proposals—to provide practical sailing information, geographic descriptions and political-economic arguments that helped inform and encourage further exploration and English involvement in transatlantic expansion.
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- Published
- 1582
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- English
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- Divers Voyages
- Divers voyages touching the discoverie of America, and the Ilands adjoyning vnto the same (1582 original spelling)
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