Project Gutenberg 2004-10-05 Public domain in the USA. 156 Hakluyt, Richard 1616 Hackluyt, Richard Goldsmid, Edmund Goldsmid, Edmund Marsden The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12 America, Part I Reading ease score: 64.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Karl Hagen and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreaders "The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English..." by Richard Hakluyt is a historical account compiled in the late 16th century. This collection extensively chronicles the maritime explorations and trade endeavors of the English, focusing particularly on the discoveries related to the New World, known today as America. The book serves as a testament to the age of exploration, detailing the voyages undertaken by figures like John Cabot and others in their quest for trade routes and new lands. At the start of this work, Richard Hakluyt offers an introduction that outlines the significance of the voyages undertaken by the English in discovering new territories. He emphasizes the importance of documenting these expeditions for historical record and the betterment of navigation knowledge. The opening also discusses the early voyages of Madoc, a Welsh prince reputed to have discovered parts of America before Columbus, setting the stage for the account of later, more well-documented explorations. The text is rich with references to classical authors and ancient philosophies, lending credibility to Hakluyt's claims about the New World and its potential for wealth and colonization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Voyages and travels Discoveries in geography -- English G Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 977214 977100 2024-10-06T08:55:00.704987 2023-10-06T09:54:11.280378 text/html text/html 977207 977093 2024-10-06T08:55:01.055961 2023-10-06T09:54:11.532407 text/html text/html 472307 2024-10-06T08:55:13.913893 application/epub+zip 485493 2024-10-06T08:55:05.684931 application/epub+zip 429821 2024-10-06T08:55:04.127951 application/epub+zip 903813 2024-10-06T08:55:20.215850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 865986 2024-10-06T08:55:12.832931 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 583382 2022-09-07T03:09:51.833510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 926559 926496 2024-10-06T08:55:00.000969 2023-10-06T09:54:10.734362 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 925935 2020-12-18T08:49:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 333966 2020-12-18T08:49:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 926201 2020-12-18T08:49:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 333633 2020-12-18T08:49:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21173 2024-10-06T08:55:20.389846 application/rdf+xml 28978 2024-10-06T08:55:04.687952 image/jpeg 5125 2024-10-06T08:55:04.405949 image/jpeg 470563 2024-10-06T08:55:01.137950 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia