The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation Volume 16; Made by Sea or Over-Land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Yeeres

Author:   Richard Hakluyt
Publisher:   Rarebooksclub.com
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9781154420234


Pages:   196
Publication Date:   16 May 2012
Format:   Paperback
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation Volume 16; Made by Sea or Over-Land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Yeeres


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ... along in his Frigat, and tooke in, and brought along three of the Countrie people, which he gave letters unto, to be delivered unto the Darling, if shee came heere after our departure, and so put them a shoare: they informed the Generall, that foure dayes since there passed by towards the Red-sea foure Indian ships. The nine and twentieth in the morning, the Generall sent letters to other people on land, to be delivered to the Darling: the countrie people brought downe to our men to sell, some store of sheepe, small Goats, with some small frailes of Olibanum and gumme Arabick, all which they had at reasonable rates; the people still taking us to be Mahumetans, and not Christians, or (as they call them) Franges, whom they favour not, so the Boat returning Franges. The aboord about noone, the Generall thought good no longer M'-w to stay for the Darling; wherefore we set saile, standing Easttnu away towards Aden in Arabia Foelix. At foure a clocke world are since in the after-noone Mount Foelix bore East by South halfe that Expedi a degree South, some eight leagues distant. Hon of Godfrey From noone the thirtieth day, to one a clocke in the u, v '.. 1 1 1 1 1 1 called t rankes, morning, the one and thirtieth day, thirteene houres, because the North-west eighteen leagues, the wind at North North-principal of east; this day after-noone we descried the land of Arabia that armie Foelix. were French The one and thirtieth in the morning, at one a clocke, original. being neare the land, we cast about to the Southwards, to spend time till day; at five a clocke in the morning, wee cast about againe North-west to landwards: from sixe a clocke in the morning to sixe after-noone twelve houres, we stood alongst the Coast West by South, and West South-west thirteene leagues...

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Author:   Richard Hakluyt
Publisher:   Rarebooksclub.com
Imprint:   Rarebooksclub.com
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9781154420234


ISBN 10:   115442023
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   16 May 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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