Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes a History of the World, Vol. 20 of 20 (Classic Reprint)

In issuing the last volume of Purchas His Pilgrimes, the Publishers beg to express their thanks to the Subscribers who have made it possible to prepare a complete and uniform edition of Hakluyt s Voyages and Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes. These voyages, to use the words of Hakluyt, contain a record or the principal navigations, voyages, traffics and discoveries of the English nation made by sea or over land to the remote and furthest distant quarters of the earth, down to the year 1625 ;and more especially the fortunes and misfortunes of the English sailors in the Elizabethan period. The Index of Purchas His Pilgrimes has been prepared by Madame Marie Michon to whom also the Publishers were indebted for the preparation of the Index of Hakluyt s Voyages. Much condensation was needed to bring within workable limits an Index to the twenty volumes of Purchas, and the difficulties were greatly increased by the varieties of spelling common in the 16th and 17th centuries, by the frequent references to places under names now obsolete, and to minor personages whom it is now difficult to identify.
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