Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 87 Hakluyt, Richard 1616 Hackluyt, Richard The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Reading ease score: 61.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Karl Hagen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation" by Richard Hakluyt is a historical compilation written in the late 16th century. This comprehensive work documents the extensive maritime explorations and trade ventures undertaken by the English, detailing several voyages that contributed to the expansion of English influence across Asia and other parts of the world. The text serves as a crucial resource for understanding the motivations and challenges faced by early explorers, as well as the cultural exchanges that occurred during this pivotal era. The opening portion of the work introduces various accounts of navigators and missionaries, such as Pelagius and Sighelmus, who ventured into foreign lands in pursuit of religious and scholarly endeavors. It narrates Pelagius's journey from Wales to parts of Asia, detailing his heretical teachings that emerged during his travels. There are references to journeys undertaken by other figures such as Sighelmus, who was dispatched by King Alfred to India, highlighting the early English involvement in international affairs. The excerpt provides a rich tapestry of narratives that reveal not only the voyages themselves but also the spiritual and philosophical motivations behind these explorations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Voyages and travels Discoveries in geography -- English G Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 699597 699496 2024-10-04T12:02:51.977149 2023-10-05T04:03:34.702079 text/html text/html 699590 699489 2024-10-04T12:02:52.279186 2023-10-05T04:03:34.906080 text/html text/html 386181 2024-10-04T12:03:02.725132 application/epub+zip 394995 2024-10-04T12:02:56.614121 application/epub+zip 340699 2024-10-04T12:02:55.140127 application/epub+zip 742352 2024-10-04T12:03:07.672063 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 714487 2024-10-04T12:03:01.743086 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440606 2022-09-05T05:31:49.422095 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 670209 670159 2024-10-04T12:02:51.508136 2023-10-05T04:03:34.371110 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 667847 2020-12-26T23:39:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 258672 2020-12-26T23:39:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 669181 2020-12-26T23:39:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 257574 2020-12-26T23:39:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20895 2024-10-04T12:03:07.802066 application/rdf+xml 28012 2024-10-04T12:02:55.690125 image/jpeg 5035 2024-10-04T12:02:55.416116 image/jpeg 385434 2024-10-04T12:02:52.338162 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