Project Gutenberg 2005-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 91 Hakluyt, Richard 1616 Hackluyt, Richard The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02 Reading ease score: 60.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Karl Hagen, Juliet Sutherland, and the Online Distributed Proofreading team "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.) en la Voyages and travels Discoveries in geography -- English G Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 564000 563879 2024-10-03T13:34:37.855406 2023-10-04T04:16:20.696707 text/html text/html 563993 563872 2024-10-03T13:34:38.130607 2023-10-04T04:16:20.877714 text/html text/html 336100 2024-10-03T13:34:47.856353 application/epub+zip 342570 2024-10-03T13:34:42.589415 application/epub+zip 288844 2024-10-03T13:34:41.104440 application/epub+zip 668379 2024-10-03T13:34:52.121332 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 648746 2024-10-03T13:34:46.909522 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374388 2022-09-04T06:11:01.961988 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 544167 544097 2024-10-03T13:34:37.452433 2023-10-04T04:16:20.421719 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 537418 2020-12-30T14:41:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 210424 2020-12-30T14:41:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19043 2024-10-03T13:34:52.240327 application/rdf+xml 28013 2024-10-03T13:34:41.652387 image/jpeg 5021 2024-10-03T13:34:41.377377 image/jpeg 334276 2024-10-03T13:34:38.178411 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