Hakluyt's promise : an Elizabethan's obsession for an English America /

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Richard Hakluyt the younger, a contemporary of William Shakespeare, advocated the creation of English colonies in the New World at a time when the advantages of this idea were far from self-evident. This book describes in detail the life and times of Hakluyt, a trained minister who became an editor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mancall, Peter C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2007]
Temas:
Hakluyt, Richard, > 1552?-1616.
Travel writers > England > Biography.
Clergy > England > Biography.
Discoveries in geography > English.
Voyages and travels > Early works to 1800.
Voyages > Ouvrages avant 1800.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Adventurers & Explorers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
TRAVEL > Reference.
TRAVEL > Road Travel.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Adventure.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Clergy.
Travel writers.
Voyages and travels.
North America > Discovery and exploration > English > Early works to 1800.
England.
North America.
Biography
Biographies.
Early works.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • London, c.1592: Woodson's tusk.
  • London, 1568: The visit.
  • Oxford, c.1571: Rumors.
  • Oxford, 1577: The ice.
  • Oxford, c.1580: Passages.
  • Paris, 1583: The devouring sea.
  • Paris and London, 1584 to 1589: Cabinets and curiosities.
  • London, 1590 to 1600: Truth and lies.
  • London, 1609: Virginia richly valued.
  • Wetheringsett and London, 1614: The Malayan dialogues.

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