Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes, Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others, Volume XIV [14]
by Purchas, Samuel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: AMS Press, 1965. Hardcover. Near fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1905 Glasgow edition. xix, 591 pp, with 8 maps. Publisher's dark red cloth; no dust jacket. Light shelfwear, previous owner's name on front pastedown, else fine. Volume XIV only, "contayning English Northern Navigations and Discoveries, Relations of Greeneland, Groenland, the North-West Passage and other Arcticke Regions, and later Russian Occurents; with a Description of the West Indies by Antonio Herrera." Includes travels of Jonas Poole, William Baffin, Robert Fotherby, Robert Salmon, John Catcher, George Weymouth, and others.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17633
- Title
- Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes, Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others, Volume XIV [14]
- Author
- Purchas, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- AMS Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Greenland Northwest Passage Arctic Early Travel Exploration
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Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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