The Principall Navigations, Voiages & Discoveries of the English Nation. Two Volumes.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965. First Printing of the First US Edition. Both volumes Fine in Fine dust jackets. This two volume set describes, in the words of the explorers themselves, an astonishing era in which the English grew rapidly aware of the sheer size and strangeness of their world. Mingling accounts of the journeys of renowned adventurers such as Drake and Frobisher with descriptions by other explorers and traders to reveal a nation beginning to dominate the seas, Hakluyt's great work was originally intended principally to assist navigation and trade. It also presents one of the first and greatest modern portraits of the globe. Item #28144
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