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The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Knt., in his Voyage into the South Sea in the Year 1593 - Reprinted from the Edition... The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Knt., in his Voyage into the South Sea in the Year 1593 - Reprinted from the Edition of 1622 (Hardcover)
C.R. inkwater Bethune
R3,923 Discovery Miles 39 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The text is edited 'with only such slight alterations as were necessary where the sense of the author had been obviously marred by a misprint'. Original index only. For a second edition see First Series 57. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1847.

Sir Francis Drake his Voyage, 1595, by Thomas Maynarde - Together with the Spanish Account of Drake's Attack on Puerto... Sir Francis Drake his Voyage, 1595, by Thomas Maynarde - Together with the Spanish Account of Drake's Attack on Puerto Rico (Hardcover, New Ed)
W D Cooley
R3,897 Discovery Miles 38 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is edited from the original manuscripts, along with a translation of the Spanish document 'Relacion de lo sucedido en San Juan de Puerto Rico de las Yudias, con la armada ynglesa del cargo de Francis Draque y Juan Aquines, a los 23rd [!] de noviembre de 1595'. The volume is the first to include supplementary material on the Society, but the material does not include an annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1849.

Narratives of Voyages towards the North-West, in Search of a Passage to Cathay and India, 1496 to 1631 - With Selections from... Narratives of Voyages towards the North-West, in Search of a Passage to Cathay and India, 1496 to 1631 - With Selections from the early Records of the Honourable the East India Company and from MSS. in the British Museum (Hardcover, New Ed)
Thomas Rundall
R3,927 Discovery Miles 39 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work contains accounts of the voyages of Cabot, Davis, Frobisher, and others, drawn chiefly from the works of Hakluyt, Purchas, Harris and Foxe. The supplementary material includes the 1848 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1849.

The Historie of Travaile into Virginia Britannia - Expressing the Cosmographie and Comodities of the Country, together with the... The Historie of Travaile into Virginia Britannia - Expressing the Cosmographie and Comodities of the Country, together with the Manners and Customes of the People. Gathered and observed as well by those who went first thither as collected by William Strachey, Gent., the first Secretary of the Colony (Hardcover, New Ed)
R. H. Major
R3,923 Discovery Miles 39 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work is edited, from the original manuscript, then in the British Museum, now From British Library, Sloane MS 1622. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1849.

Divers Voyages touching the Discovery of America and the Islands adjacent - Collected and published by Richard Hakluyt,... Divers Voyages touching the Discovery of America and the Islands adjacent - Collected and published by Richard Hakluyt, Prebendary of Bristol, in the Year 1582 (Hardcover, New Ed)
John Winter Jones
R3,928 Discovery Miles 39 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume contains the original printed text, with notes and an introduction. The edition is described as prepared 'for the subscribers of 1849' and as the third volume of 1849 in the report in the next volume. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1850.

Memorials of the Empire of Japon in the XVI and XVII Centuries (Hardcover, New Ed): Thomas Rundall Memorials of the Empire of Japon in the XVI and XVII Centuries (Hardcover, New Ed)
Thomas Rundall
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The volume includes documents, including a description of Japan in the sixteenth century from Harleian mss. 6249, and the letters of William Adams, 1611-17, edited and annotated, and a summary of a narrative by His Excellancy Don Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco of his residence in the empire, 1608-1610. The supplementary material includes the 1849 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1850.

The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida, by Don Ferdinando de Soto - And six hundred Spaniards his Followers, written by a... The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida, by Don Ferdinando de Soto - And six hundred Spaniards his Followers, written by a Gentleman of Elvas, employed in all the Action, and translated out of Portuguese, by Richard Hakluyt (Hardcover, New Ed)
William B Rye
R3,927 Discovery Miles 39 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This text is reprinted from the Edition of 1611, edited, with notes and an introduction, along with a translation of a narrative of the expedition by Luis Hernandez de Biedma, factor to the same. For Hakluyt's translation, see The Hakluyt Handbook (Second Series, 144-5), pp. 42, 252-5. The translation of Hernandez de Biedma's narrative was made from Ternaux-Compans, Recueil de pieces sur la Floride, Paris, 1841. The supplementary material includes the 1850 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1851.

A true Description of three Voyages by the North-East towards Cathay and China, undertaken by the Dutch in the Years 1594,... A true Description of three Voyages by the North-East towards Cathay and China, undertaken by the Dutch in the Years 1594, 1595, and 1596, by Gerrit de Veer - Published at Amsterdam in the Year 1598, and in 1609 translated into English by William Phillip (Hardcover, New Ed)
Charles T Beke
R3,954 Discovery Miles 39 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With an appendix of documents printed by Hakluyt and Purchas. Revised in First Series 54. The plates are taken from the German edition of De Bry, 1599, and are copies of the original Amsterdam edition. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1853.

The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake - Being his next voyage to that to Nombre de Dios. Collated with an unpublished... The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake - Being his next voyage to that to Nombre de Dios. Collated with an unpublished manuscript of Francis Fletcher, chaplain to the expedition (Hardcover, New Ed)
William Sandys Wright Vaux
R3,934 Discovery Miles 39 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The work is edited with 'Appendices illustrative of the Same Voyage', and introduction, from the 1628 edition 'collected out of the notes of Master Francis Fletcher', collated with British Library, Sloane MS 61. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1854.

History of the two Tartar Conquerors of China, including the two Journeys into Tartary of Father Ferdinand Verbiest in the... History of the two Tartar Conquerors of China, including the two Journeys into Tartary of Father Ferdinand Verbiest in the Suite of the Emperor Kang-hi - From the French of Pere Pierre Joseph d'Orleans, of the Company of Jesus. To which is added Father Pereira's Journey into Tartary in the Suite of the same Emperor, From the Dutch of Nicholaas Witsen (Hardcover, New Ed)
R. H. Major; Edited by The Earl of Ellesmere
R3,911 Discovery Miles 39 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first part is translated from the 1688, Paris, edition; the narrative of Father Pereira's journey and the text of two letters by Father Verbiest are from the 1692, Amsterdam, edition. The supplementary material consists of the 1854 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1854.

A Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen and Greenland - Comprising a translation from F. Martens' Voyage to Spitzbergen:... A Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen and Greenland - Comprising a translation from F. Martens' Voyage to Spitzbergen: a Translation from Isaac de la Peyrere's Histoire du Groenland: and God's Power and Providence in the Preservation of Eight Men in Greenland Nine Months and Twelve Days (Hardcover, New Ed)
Adam White
R3,932 Discovery Miles 39 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first text is from an English collection published in 1694; the second from the Relation du Groenland, Paris, 1663; the third is the text of Edward Pelham's tract, London, 1631. The supplementary material consists of the 1855 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1855.

The Voyage of Sir Henry Middleton to Bantam and the Maluco islands - Being the Second Voyage set forth by the Governor and... The Voyage of Sir Henry Middleton to Bantam and the Maluco islands - Being the Second Voyage set forth by the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East-Indies. From the Edition of 1606 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Bolton Corney
R3,911 Discovery Miles 39 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The 1606 title-page begins: The last East-Indian voyage. The appendix includes commissions, letters of James I addressed to foreign rulers, and other documents. For a second edition, see Second Series 88. The supplementary material includes the 1856 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1855.

Russia at the Close of the Sixteenth Century - Comprising the Treatise 'Of the Russe Common Wealth,' by Dr Giles... Russia at the Close of the Sixteenth Century - Comprising the Treatise 'Of the Russe Common Wealth,' by Dr Giles Fletcher; and The Travels of Sir Jerome Horsey, Knight, now for the first time printed entire from his own Manuscript (Hardcover, New Ed)
Edward A Bond
R3,963 Discovery Miles 39 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first text is a reprint of the London, 1591, edition; the second relates to the late sixteenth century. With additional documents descriptive of Russia and the missions of the two writers. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1856.

History of the New World, by Girolamo Benzoni, of Milan. - Shewing his Travels in America, from A.D. 1541 to 1556: with some... History of the New World, by Girolamo Benzoni, of Milan. - Shewing his Travels in America, from A.D. 1541 to 1556: with some Particulars of the Island of Canary (Hardcover, New Ed)
W.H. Smyth
R3,928 Discovery Miles 39 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Translated from the text originally published at Venice, 1572. The supplementary material consists of the 1857 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1857.

India in the Fifteenth Century - Being a Collection of Narratives of Voyages to India in the Century preceding the Portuguese... India in the Fifteenth Century - Being a Collection of Narratives of Voyages to India in the Century preceding the Portuguese Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope; from Latin, Persian, Russian, and Italian Sources, now first Translated into English (Hardcover, New Ed)
R. H. Major
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The volume contains the following accounts, edited, with an introduction: Narrative of the voyage of Abd-er-Razzak, Ambassador from Shah Rukh, A.H. 845, A.D. 1442.; The travels of Nicolo Conti in the East in the early part of the fifteenth century; The travels of Athanasius Nikitin, a native of Twer; The journey of Hieronimo di Santo Stefano, a Genoese. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1857.

Expeditions into the Valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639 (Hardcover, New Ed): Clements R Markham Expeditions into the Valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Clements R Markham
R3,925 Discovery Miles 39 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Includes the following accounts: Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the land of Cinnamon, A.D. 1539-42, translated from the 2d pt. of Garcilasso Inca de la Vega's 'Royal commentaries of Peru'; The voyage of Francisco de Orellana down the river of the Amazons, A.D. 1540-1, translated from the sixth decade of A. de Herrera's 'General history of the western Indies'; New discovery of the great river of the Amazons, by 'Father Cristobal de Acuna, A.D. 1639, translated from the Spanish edition of 1641. With a 'List of the Principal Tribes of the Valley of the Amazons'. Translated and Edited, with Notes. The supplementary material includes the 1859 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1859.

Early Voyages to Terra Australis, now called Australia - A Collection of Documents, and Extracts from early Manuscript Maps,... Early Voyages to Terra Australis, now called Australia - A Collection of Documents, and Extracts from early Manuscript Maps, illustrative of the History of Discovery on the Coasts of that vast Island, from the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century to the Time of Captain Cook (Hardcover, New Ed)
R. H. Major
R3,934 Discovery Miles 39 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From Spanish and Dutch sources and relating to Spanish and Dutch enterprises, edited, with an introduction - a separate pamphlet dated 1861 and containing an article by Major on the discovery of Australia by the Portuguese in 1601. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1859.

Narrative of the Embassy of Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo to the Court of Timour, at Samarcand, A.D. 1403-6 (Hardcover, New Ed):... Narrative of the Embassy of Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo to the Court of Timour, at Samarcand, A.D. 1403-6 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Clements R Markham
R3,924 Discovery Miles 39 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Translated, for the First Time, with Notes, a Preface, and an Introductory Life of Timour Beg. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1859.

Henry Hudson the Navigator - The Original Documents in which his Career is Recorded (Hardcover, New Ed): G. M. Asher Henry Hudson the Navigator - The Original Documents in which his Career is Recorded (Hardcover, New Ed)
G. M. Asher
R3,963 Discovery Miles 39 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Collected, partly Translated, and Annotated, with an Introduction'. The supplementary material includes the 1860 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1860.

The Expedition of Pedro de Ursua & Lope de Aguirre in Search of El Dorado and Omagua in 1560-1 - Translated from Fray Pedro... The Expedition of Pedro de Ursua & Lope de Aguirre in Search of El Dorado and Omagua in 1560-1 - Translated from Fray Pedro Simon's 'Sixth historical Notice of the Conquest of Tierra Firme' (Hardcover, New Ed)
William Bollaert
R3,932 Discovery Miles 39 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the Spanish text, published at Cuenca, 1627. The supplementary material includes the 1861 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1861.

The Life and Acts of Don Alonzo Enriquez de Guzman, a Knight of Seville, of the Order of Santiago, A.D. 1518 to 1543... The Life and Acts of Don Alonzo Enriquez de Guzman, a Knight of Seville, of the Order of Santiago, A.D. 1518 to 1543 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Clements R Markham
R3,914 Discovery Miles 39 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Translated from an Original and Inedited Manuscript in the National Library at Madrid; with Notes and an Introduction'. Includes accounts of travel in Europe and Peru. The supplementary material includes the 1862 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1862, with an Introduction by Clements R. Markham. 1861.

The Discoveries of the World, from their First Original unto the Year of Our Lord 1555, by Antonio Galvano, governor of Ternate... The Discoveries of the World, from their First Original unto the Year of Our Lord 1555, by Antonio Galvano, governor of Ternate - Corrected, Quoted and Published in England, by Richard Hakluyt, (1601). Now Reprinted, With the Original Portuguese Text (Hardcover, New Ed)
Vice-Admiral Bethune
R3,921 Discovery Miles 39 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For the edition of Antonio Galvao, Tratado ... , used by Hakluyt and the edition here reprinted, see The Hakluyt Handbook (Second Series 144-5), pp. 41, 344, 603. With reproduction of the original title-pages: Portuguese edition [Lisbon] 1563; English translation, London, 1601. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1862.

Mirabilia Descripta, The Wonders of the East, by Friar Jordanus - Of the Order of Preachers and Bishop of Columbum in India the... Mirabilia Descripta, The Wonders of the East, by Friar Jordanus - Of the Order of Preachers and Bishop of Columbum in India the Greater, (circa 1330) (Hardcover, New Ed)
Henry Yule
R3,901 Discovery Miles 39 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Translated from the Latin Original, as published at Paris in 1839, in the Recueil de Voyages et de memoires, of the Society of Geography, with the Addition of a Commentary'. The supplementary material includes the 1863 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1863.

The travels of Ludovico de Varthema in Egypt, Syria, Arabia Deserta and Arabia Felix, in Persia, India, and Ethiopia, A.D. 1503... The travels of Ludovico de Varthema in Egypt, Syria, Arabia Deserta and Arabia Felix, in Persia, India, and Ethiopia, A.D. 1503 to 1508 (Hardcover, New Ed)
George Percy Badger; John Winter Jones
R3,954 Discovery Miles 39 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Translated from the Original Italian Edition of 1510, with a Preface, by John Winter Jones, Esq., F.S.A. And Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, by George Percy Badger. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1863.

The Travels of Pedro de Cieza de Leon, A.D. 1532-50, contained in the First Part of his Chronicle of Peru - Volume I... The Travels of Pedro de Cieza de Leon, A.D. 1532-50, contained in the First Part of his Chronicle of Peru - Volume I (Hardcover, New Ed)
Clements R Markham
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, from the 1554 Antwerp edition. Continued from another source in First Series 68. The supplementary material includes the 1864 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1864.

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