The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation - Volume 06Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, Etc
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation - Volume 06Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, Etc

Author: Richard Hakluyt

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781986397599

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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation - Volume 06Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Richard Hakluyt is a rare manuscript, the original residing in some of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to perfection, allowing new generations to enjoy the work. Publishers of the Valley's mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life.

The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake Around the Whole Globe
The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake Around the Whole Globe

Author: Richard Hakluyt

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2015-02-26

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13: 0141398523

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'Their fruits be diverse and plentiful, as nutmegs, ginger, long pepper, lemons, cucumbers, cocos, sago, with divers other sorts...' Scholar, spy, diplomat and supreme propagandist for Elizabethan sea power, Richard Hakluyt's accounts of famed explorers mythologised a nation growing rapidly aware of the size and strangeness of the world - and determined to dominate it. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Richard Hakluyt (c 1552-1616). Hakluyt's Voyages and Discoveries is available in Penguin Classics.

Civil War Poetry
Civil War Poetry

Author: Paul Negri

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-06-07

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 0486112179

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A superb selection of poems from both sides of the American Civil War features more than 75 inspired works by Melville, Emerson, Longfellow, Whittier, Whitman, and many others.