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Title: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02
Note: Reading ease score: 60.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits: Produced by Karl Hagen, Juliet Sutherland, and the Online Distributed Proofreading team
Summary: "The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation" by Richard Hakluyt is a historical account likely composed in the late 16th century. This work serves as a comprehensive anthology documenting the maritime explorations conducted by English navigators, traders, and adventurers during this period, focusing particularly on their encounters with various foreign nations, cultures, and terrains. The opening of this extensive volume presents detailed accounts of the English endeavors in far-flung territories, particularly their interactions with the Tartars and the Eastern European landscape. Through narratives spanning from the confessions of an Englishman captured by Tartars to descriptions of their customs and warfare, it sets the stage for Hakluyt's exploration of the socio-political complexities and cultural exchanges that characterized these adventures. The text emphasizes the harsh realities faced by those in contact with the Tartars, illustrating themes of violence, survival, and the quest for dominance in foreign lands. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
EBook No.: 7466
Published: Feb 1, 2005
Downloads: 89
Language: English
Language: Latin
Subject: Voyages and travels
Subject: Discoveries in geography -- English
LoCC: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02
Note: Reading ease score: 60.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits: Produced by Karl Hagen, Juliet Sutherland, and the Online Distributed Proofreading team
Summary: "The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation" by Richard Hakluyt is a historical account likely composed in the late 16th century. This work serves as a comprehensive anthology documenting the maritime explorations conducted by English navigators, traders, and adventurers during this period, focusing particularly on their encounters with various foreign nations, cultures, and terrains. The opening of this extensive volume presents detailed accounts of the English endeavors in far-flung territories, particularly their interactions with the Tartars and the Eastern European landscape. Through narratives spanning from the confessions of an Englishman captured by Tartars to descriptions of their customs and warfare, it sets the stage for Hakluyt's exploration of the socio-political complexities and cultural exchanges that characterized these adventures. The text emphasizes the harsh realities faced by those in contact with the Tartars, illustrating themes of violence, survival, and the quest for dominance in foreign lands. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
EBook No.: 7466
Published: Feb 1, 2005
Downloads: 89
Language: English
Language: Latin
Subject: Voyages and travels
Subject: Discoveries in geography -- English
LoCC: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.