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  A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia of the commodities and of the nature and manners of the naturall inhabitants. Discouered by the English colon there seated by Sir Richard Greinuile Knight in the eere 1585. Which remained vnder the gouernement of twelue monethes, at the speciall charge and direction of the Honourable Sir Walter Raleigh Knight lord Warden of the stanneries who therein hath beene fauoured and authorised b her Maiestie :and her letters patents: This fore booke is made in English by Thomas Hariot seruant to the abouenamed Sir Walter, a member of the Colon, and there imploed in discouering Cum gratia et priuilegio Caes. Matis Speciali
  Date of publication:
  1590
  

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  Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621. ; Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598. America. ; White, John, fl. 1585-1593, artist. ; Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616. ; Veen, Gijsbert van, 1558-1630, engraver.
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  Also published in French, Latin, and German, and forming part 1 of de Bry's "America" series in the latter two languages. The title page is engraved; the roman numeral date is made with turned C's. Signatures: a⁴ b⁶ c⁴ d; ...
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  A notable historie containing foure voyages made by certayne French captaynes vnto Florida vvherein the great riches and fruitefulnes of the countrey with the maners of the people hitherto concealed are brought to light, written all, sauing the last, by Monsieur Laudonniere, who remained there himselfe as the French Kings lieuetenant a yere and a quarter: newly translated out of French into English by R.H. In the end is added a large table for the better finding out the principall matters contayned in this worke.
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  1587
  

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  Laudonnière, René Goulaine de. ; Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616. ; Basanier, Martin.
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  A translation of: Laudonnière, René Goulaine de. L'Histoire notable de la Floride. R.H. = Richard Hakluyt. Accounts of the French expeditions of 1562, 1564, and 1565, from Laudonnière's letters, and of Gourgue's voyage of ...
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  Diuers voyages touching the discouerie of America, and the ilands adiacent vnto the same made first of all by our Englishmen, and afterward by the Frenchmen and Britons: and certaine notes of aduertisements for obseruations, necessarie for such as shall heereafter make the like attempt, with two mappes annexed heereunto for the plainer vnderstanding of the whole matter.
  Date of publication:
  1582
  

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  Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616.
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  Compiler's dedication signed: R.H., i.e. Richard Hakluyt. A compilation of various document relating to discoveries in the New World. Printer's name from colophon. Signatures: pi² [par.]⁴ A-D⁴; ² A-K⁴. The maps have ...
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  The discoueries of the world from their first originall vnto the yeere of our Lord 1555. Briefly written in the Portugall tongue by Antonie Galuano, gouernour of Ternate, the chiefe island of the Malucos: corrected, quoted, and now published in English by Richard Hakluyt, sometimes student of Christ church in Oxford
  Date of publication:
  1601
  

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  Galvão, António, d. 1557. ; Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616.
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  A translation of: Tratato. Que compôs o nobre & notavel capitão Antonio Galvão, dos diversos & desvayrados caminhos, por onde nos tempos passados a pimenta & especearia veyo da India ás nossas partes. Printer identified ...
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  Travels into divers parts of Europe and Asia, undertaken by the French King's order to discover a new way by land into China containing many curious remarks in natural philosophy, geography, hydrology and history : together with a description of Great Tartary and of the different people who inhabit there / by Father Avril of the Order of the Jesuits ; done out of French ; to which is added, A supplement extracted from Hakluyt and Purchas giving an account of several journeys over land from Russia, Persia, and the Moguls country to China, together with the roads and distances of the places.
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  1693
  

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  Avril, Philippe, 1654-1698. ; Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616. ; Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626.
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  Translation of: Voyage en divers états d'Europe et d'Asie. Pages 24-55 photographed from Bodleian Library copy. Errata in manuscript: p. [3-5] at end. Advertisement on p. [1-2] at end. Reproduction of original in Cambridge ...
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  Virginia richly valued, by the description of the maine land of Florida, her next neighbour out of the foure yeeres continuall trauell and discouerie, for aboue one thousand miles east and west, of Don Ferdinando de Soto, and sixe hundred able men in his companie. Wherin are truly obserued the riches and fertilitie of those parts, abounding with things necessarie, pleasant, and profitable for the life of man: with the natures and dispositions of the inhabitants. Written by a Portugall gentleman of Eluas, emploied in all the action, and translated out of Portugese by Richard Hakluyt.
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  1609
  

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  Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616.
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  A translation of the anonymous: Relaçam verdadeira dos trabalhos que ho governador dom Fernando de Souto e certos fidalgos portugueses passarom no descobrimento da Frolida. Running title reads: The discouerie of Florida, ...
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