Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries of the English Nation (1589)
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Date
1589
Author
Book title
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiqvues and Discoveries of the English Nation, made by Sea or ouerland, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the Earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeres: Diuided into three seuerall 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 Colgoieue, Vaigatz, and Nona Zembla, toward the great Riuer Ob, with the mighty Empire of Russia, the Caspian Sea, Georgia, Armenia, Media, Persia, Boghar in Bactria, and diuers 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 Northren 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: Diuided into two seueral parts, &c.
Publication place
London
Publisher
George Bishop, Ralph Newberie
Transcription source
Henry E. Huntington Library copy
Text type
printed book
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
- Guinean
- Inuit
- Javanese
Summary
(a) "The first voyage made by M. William Towrson ... to the coast of Guinea ... 1555" (Guinese; 102, 108);
(b) "The voiage of ... M. Stephen Burrough, An. 1557. from Colmogro to Wardhouse" (Lappians; 329-30);
(c) The first voyage of M. Martine Frobisher, to the Northwest ... 1576 (Meta Incognita; 622);
(d) "The second voyage attempted by Master Iohn Davis ... 1586" (Inuit);
(e) "The worthy and famous voyage of Master Thomas Candishe ... 1586" (Javanese)
Extent
(a) 102, 108;
(b) 329-30;
(c) 622;
(d) 783;
(e) 813
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: (a) Mattea, mattea, Is their salutation. (b) Poddythecke, come hither. (c) Cangnawe, a nose. (d) Canyglow, Kisse me. (e) Cricke, a dagger.
sample: (a) Mattea, mattea, Is their salutation. (b) Poddythecke, come hither. (c) Cangnawe, a nose. (d) Canyglow, Kisse me. (e) Cricke, a dagger.
Alston
XIV.522
STC
12625
Facsimiles
Hakluyt, Richard. The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation. Imprinted at London, 1589. Hakluyt Society, Extra series, no. 39. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, for the Hakluyt Society and the Peabody Museum of Salem, 1965. view record
