The Purchas Handbook I - Studies of the Life, Times and Writings of Samuel Purchas, 1577-1626 (Hardcover, New Ed)

Volume I, part one,is a narrative essay on the use of Purchas's works by authors from the seventeenth century to the present day. Part two includes perspectives on his editing methods, the maps in Purchas His Pilgrimes(1625), and Purchas's attitudes toward the indigenous peoples of Africa, Asia, and America. Part three begins with an essay on Pruchas as theological geographer, and continues with a discussion ofhis use of contemporary accounts and materials concerning Africa, Asia, the Arctic, and the Americas. The first volume concludes with chronology of Purchas's life and of his academic, religious, and publishing careers. Volume II includes a close examination of the contents and sources of Pilgrimes; a primary bibliography of his works, including an essay on the printing history of Pilgrimesand censuses of the holdings of his works in libraries throughout the world; and an annotatedsecondary bibliography of the ues of his works by later authors. The volume concludes with an index of books and articles cited throughout the two volumes and a general index of persons, places, and major subjects.

General

Imprint:	Hakluyt Society
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Hakluyt Society Second Series
Release date:	1998
First published:	1996
Editors:	L E Pennington
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	400
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-904180-52-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-904180-52-2
Barcode:	9780904180527

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