Author: Richard HakluytPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781331869603
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Excerpt from The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques Discoveries of the English Nation, Vol. 4: Made by Sea or Over-Land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Yeeres Catalogue of the Voyages of this fourth volume made to the North and Northeast and to the South and South-east quarters; with the Ambassages, Treatises, Priviledges, Letters, and other observations, depending upon the Voyages of this fourth Volume; A briefe Commentarie of the true state of Island; A letter written by the grave and learned Gudbrandus Thorlacius, Bishop of Holen in Island, concerning the ancient state of Island and Gronland; The vanquishing of the Spanish Armada, Anno 1588; The honourable voyage to Cadiz, Anno 1596; A Testimony, that the Britons were in Italy and Greece, with the Cimbrians and Gauls, before the incarnation of Christ; The voyage of Helena the Empresse, daughter of Coelus king of Britain, and mother of Constantine the Great, to Jerusalem. An.337; The voyage of Constantine the Great, Emperour and king of Britaine, to Greece, AEgypt, Persia, and Asia, Anno 339 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
