Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : in five bookes : the first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world ... : the second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe : the third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa, to the Cape of Good Hope and from thence to the Red Sea, the Abassine, Arabian, Persian, Indian, Shoares, continents, ilandes : the fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies to the lands of Japan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinae with others, and the Indian nauigations further prosecuted, their iust commerce, nobly vindicated against Turkish treacherie, victoriously defended against Portugaell hostilitie, gloriously advanced against Moorish and ethnike perfidie, hopefully recouering from Dutch malignitie : iustly maintayned against ignorant and malicious calumnie : the fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world, continuing the English-Indian occurrents, and contayning the English affaires with the Great Samorine, in the Persian and Arabian Gulfes, and in other places of the continent, and ilands of and diuers sea-fights with both, and many other relations : [Vol. 2:] the sixth, contayning nauigations, voyages, and land-discoueries, with other historicall relations of Africa : the seuenth, nauigations, voyages, and discoueries of the sea-coasts and in-land regions of Africa, which is generally called Aethiopia, by English-men, and others : the eighth, peregrinations, and trauels by land, in Palestina, Natolia, Syria, Arabia, Persia, and other parts of Asia : the ninth, peregrinations, and discoueries by land, of Assyria, Armenia, Persia, India, Arabia, and other In-land countries of Asia by English-men and others, moderne and ancient : the tenth, praeteritorum or discoueries of the world, not specially such as in the other bookes are omitted.
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Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstoneand are to be sold at his shop in Paul's Church-yard at the signe of the Rose,
With an additional engraved title page in v. 1, "Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his pilgrimes. .." Each of the 4 pts. has special t.p. with title: Pvrchas his Pilgrimes; and with imprint: London, Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone ... 1625. Colophon in v. 3: London : Printed by William Stansby for Henry Fetherstone, and are to be sold at his shop in Paul's Church-yard at the signe of the Rose, 1625. Pagination (parts 1-2 and 3-4 paged continuously, except book 1 of pt. 1, which is paged separately). Vol. 1: [36], 186, 468, 479-642, 645-748, [24] p., [1] folded leaf of plates; Vol. 2: [4], 749-857, 860-1270, 1269-1860, [40]; Vol. 3: [26], 668, 699-1006, 1009-1140, [68] p., [3] folded leaves of plates; Vol. 4: [6], 1141-1234, 1237-1973, [41] p., [2] folded leaves of plates. Many errors in pagination, text is continuous; for fuller details in collation and signatures, with errors indicated, see Church. Woodcuts, initials, head- and tail-pieces, vertical chain lines, side notes. Paper boards sprinkled with black ink; paper edges sprinkled with red ink. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Library's copy wants engraved t.p. and all plates and maps. In addition: v.1, after p. 746 ; v. 4, [6-7], [10-11] Armorial bookplate on front endpaper in all 4 volumes indicating provenance: "Samuel George Smith."
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Sabin 66683-66686. STC 20508-20509. Baer, E. Seventeenth Century Maryland, 8. Church, E. Discovery, 401A. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 40. ESTC S111862.
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