The First Series of the Hakluyt Society, 1847-99 100 Volume Paperback Set (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108017763)

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India, over a period from the middle ages to the late eighteenth century. This collection contains all the books in the first series.

Author: Various Authors
ISBN-10: 1108017762
ISBN-13: 9781108017763
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/09/2010
Pages: 35164
Format: Paperback
Weight: 144.00lbs
Size: 48.00h x 36.50w x 16.00d