The principall navigations, voiages and discoveries of the English nation : made by sea or ouer land, to the most remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500. yeeres; Deuided into three seuerall parts, according to the positions of the regions wherunto they were directed. ... Whereunto is added the last most renowmed [sic] English nauigation, round about the whole globe of the earth / By Richard Hakluyt.
| Author/creator | Hakluyt, Richard |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Imprinted at London by : George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to : Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1589. |
| Description | 1 leaf, 12 unnumbered pages, 1-505 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 506-643 pages, 12 unnumbered pages, 644-825 pages, 10 unnumbered pages : folded map ; 29 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Selections |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Principal navigations, voyages and discoveries of the English nation |
| Local note | Joyner Rare vault copy contains the added account, not found in all copies, of Francis Drake's circumnavigation (between p. 643 and 644). Cf. Introd. to the Hakluyt Society's 1965 ed., p. xxiii-xxiv. Small hole in p. 8, lines 31-32, which affects text. |
| General note | First edition, second issue. |
| General note | Signatures: *⁸, A-T⁶, V⁴, X⁴ (last leaf blank), Aa-Uu⁶, Xx⁴, Yy⁶, Aaa-Lll⁶, Mmm¹², Nnn-Yyy⁶, Aaaa-Eeee⁶, Ffff⁴ (last leaf blank). |
| General note | Errors in paging: 491-501 are a cancel for the original 491-505; 39, 90, 91, 215, 291, 593, and 779 are numbered 93, 89, 90, 211, 292, 599, and 789. |
| Genre/form | Leather bindings. |
| Genre/form | Stained edges. |
| Genre/form | Worked headbands. |
| Genre/form | Tight backs. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Rare Vault | G240 .H2 1589 | ✔ Available | Request Material |