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 (Paperback)

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume (published in 1855) contains three narratives: Frederick Martens' description of a voyage to Spitzbergen in 1671, first translated into English and published in 1694 in a book of voyages dedicated to Samuel Pepys, then Secretary to the Admiralty; the Relation du Groeneland of Isaac de la Peyr re (published anonymously in French in 1663 and specially translated for this book); and the extraordinary account of the survival of eight Englishmen 'left by mischance in Green-land' for nine months in 1630.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series
Release date:	July 2010
First published:	November 2009
Editors:	Adam White
Authors:	F. Martens • Isaac De La Peyrere
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-00813-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Geographical discovery & exploration Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > History of other lands Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN:	1-108-00813-5
Barcode:	9781108008136

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