The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English
                                            
                            by  Richard Hakluyt
                            
                                2 Nov, 2018                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation describes, in the words of the explorers themselves, an astonishing era in which the English grew rapidly aware of the sheer size and strangeness of their world. Min
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                                                The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation describes, in the words of the explorers themselves, an astonishing era in which the English grew rapidly aware of the sheer size and strangeness of their world. Mingling accounts of the journeys of renowned adventurers such as Drake and Frobisher with descriptions by other explorers and traders to reveal a nation beginning to dominate the seas, Hakluyt's great work was originally intended principally to assist navigation and trade. It also presents one of the first and greatest modern portraits of the globe. Less