THE

PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS, VOYAGES, TRAFFIQUES & DISCOVERIES

OF THE

ENGLISH NATION

Made by Sea or Overland to the Remote & Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth
at any time within the compasse of these 1600 Yeares

Divided into Three Several Volumes, According to the Positions of the Regions
Whereunto they were Directed.

The First Volume Containeth the Worthy Discoueries, &c. of the English toward the North and Northeast by Sea, as of Lapland, Scrikfinia, Corelia, the Baie of S. Nicolas, the Isles of Colgoeve, Vaigatz, and Noua Zemble, toward the Greater River Ob, the Mighty Empire of Russia, the Caspian Sea, Georgia, Armenia, Media, Persia, Boghar in Bactria, and Divers Kingdomes of Tartaria: Together with Many Notable Monuments and Testimonies of the Ancient Forren Trades, and of the  Warrelike and Other Shipping of this Realme of England in Former Ages, Whereunto is Annexed A Briefe Commentary of the True State of Island and of the Northern Seas and Lands Situate that Way: As also the Memorable Defeat of the Spanish Huge Armada, Anno 1588.

The Second Volume Comprehendeth the Principall Nauigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoueries of the English Nation made by Sea or Ouer-land, to the South and South-East Parts of the World, as well within as without the Streight of Gibraltar at any Time within the Compasse of These 1600 Yeres: Divided into Two Several Parts, &c.

 

BY RICHARD HAKLUYT PREACHER AND SOMETIME
STUDENT OF CHRIST-CHVRCH IN OXFORD

&

EDITED BY EDMUND GOLDSMIIDT, F.R.H.S.

 

IMPRINTED AT LONDON BY GEORGE BISHOP, RALPH
NEWBERIE, AND ROBERT BARKER.

ANNO 1599
This Version is Modified Somewhat

 

Table of Contents

 

Table of Contents - Volume 1: Northern Europe

 

NOTE: THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS

 


26/05/2007

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