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Description edit
Renaissance diplomat and part-time spy, William Hakluyt was also England's first serious geographer, gathering together a wealth of accounts about the wide-ranging travels and discoveries of the sixteenth-century English. One of the epics of this great period of expansion, "The Principal... read more
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Summary edit
An abridged edition.
"In this work of Hakluyt—a Renaissance diplomat, scholar, and spy—lies the beginnings of geography, economics, ethnography, and the modern world itself."
Richard Hakluyt meant the book to be a useful guide for navigation. In the end it is a superb compilation... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Hakluyt: Add a description of this character.
- Francis Drake
- Sophy
- John Fox
- Richard Johnson
- Frobisher
- Almighty God
- Gabriel
- Thomas Alcock
- Patrone Norado
- John Hawkins
- James Lancaster
- Turk
- Pasha
- Humphrey Gilbert
- Peter Unticaro
- William
- Whiddon
- Matthew Hawlse
- Thomas Cavendish
- Pegu
- Hugh Willoughby
- Master Candish
Setting & Locations edit
- England
- Persia
- Spain
- London
- Prussia
- Guiana
- West Indies
- China
- Moscow
- Mexico
- South Sea
- India
- Bokhara
- Shemakha
- Brazil
- Goa
- Malacca
- Peru
- Guinea
- Africa
- Portugal
- Baku
- Norway
- America
- East Indies
- Moscovy
- Europe
- Haktuyt
- Ormuz
- Newfoundland
- Vologda
- Astrakhan
- Bengal
- Moluccas
- Siam
- Virginia
- Berreo
- Dover
- Walter Raleigh
- Seville
- Florida
- Media
- Tiflis
- Chile
- Chios
- Derbent
- Yaroslavl
First Sentence edit
Octher said that the country wherein he dwelt was called Halogaland.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Richard Hakluyt (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 910
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