The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01

By Richard Hakluyt

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 - Richard Hakluyt
  • Release Date: 1616-11-23
  • Genre: Travel & Adventure

Description

Volume I. (1598) deals with Voyages to the North and North East, and contains One hundred and nine separate narratives, from Arthur's Expedition to Norway in 517 to the celebrated Expedition to Cadiz, in the reign of good Queen Bess. Amongst the chief voyages may be mentioned: Edgar's voyage round Britain in 973; an account of the Knights of Jerusalem; Cabot's voyages; Chancellor's voyages to Russia; Elizabeth's Embassies, to Russia, Persia, &c. ; the Destruction of the Armada.