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Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings 1589-1605 - Volumes I and II by W. E. D. Allen (Editor)
$40.00 NZD
Category: Europe | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series No. CXXXVIII-CXXXIX | Reading Level: very good
By the early 16th century the loosely knit kingdom of Georgia had disintegrated from the strong monarchy of the middle ages to a number of small states and principalities. This internal disunity made the Georgians easy victims of the power politics of the neighbouring Ottoman and Safavid empires and by ...Show more
Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage, 1585-86 by Mary Frear Keeler (Editor)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Series: Hakluyt Society, Second Series Volume148 | Reading Level: very good
Significant in the history of Anglo-Spanish relations and of English ventures was Drake's expedition to the West Indies in 1585-86. His raids on Spanish towns on both sides of the Atlantic were aimed not only to gather treasure but to bring a military challenge to the empire of Philip II. The voyage was ...Show more
Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas by Antonio de Morga by Antonio de Morga
$20.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volume 140 | Reading Level: very good
An account of the history of the Spanish colony in the Philippines during the 16th century. Antonio de Morga was an official of the colonial bureaucracy in Manila and could consequently draw upon much material that would otherwise have been inaccessible. His book, published in 1609, ranges more widely t ...Show more
The English New England Voyages, 1602-1608 by David B. Quinn (editor); Alison M Quinn (editor)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volume 161 | Reading Level: very good
The publication of the narrative accounts of the voyages of Gisnold (1602) and Waymouth (1605) opened up for English readers what was then known as Norumbega, the later New England; They are the first documents of exploration of that region to have been published since that of Verrazzano's voyage (1524) ...Show more
The Expedition of the St.Jean-Baptiste to the Pacific 1769-1770 from Journals of Jean de Surville and Guillaume Labe by Jean de Surville; Guillaume Labe; John Dunmore (ed.)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volume 158 | Reading Level: very good
The Itinerário of Jerónimo Lobo by Jeronimo Lobo; M. G. Da Costa (Editor)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volume 162 | Reading Level: very good
Jerónimo Lobo was the last survivor of the small band of Jesuit Fathers who tried, with a measure of success, to reconcile Ethiopia to the Church of Rome. The narrative begins with Lobo's ordination in 1621 and ends seventeen years later. Chosen to serve in India he reached that country after being invo ...Show more
The Journal of Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, 1785-1788 - Volume I and Volume II by Jean Francois De Galaup De Laperouse; Jean-Francois de Galoupe de La Perouse; John Dunmore (Editor)
$50.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volumes 179-180 | Reading Level: very good
During the second half of the 18th century, Britain and France despatched a number of major expeditions to the Pacific. The greatest contribution by far was that of James Cook, but the voyages of Bougainville, Surville and Marion du Fresne had each played an important part in Pacific exploration. After ...Show more
The Journal of Rochfort Maguire 1852-1854 - Two Years at Point Barrow, Alaska Aboard HMS Plover in Search for Sir John Franklin Voume I and Volume II by Rochfort Maguire; John Bockstoce (Editor)
$40.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volumes 169-70 | Reading Level: very good
In 1845 Sir John Franklin's expedition left England, searching for a northwest passage, and vanished into the Arctic forever. Three years later HMS Plover's was the first departure of 21 expeditions searching for Franklin. Although most of the analyses of the Franklin Search have focused on the large ex ...Show more
The Last Voyage of Drake and Hawkins by Kenneth R. Andrews (Editor)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volume 142 | Reading Level: good-very good
This is an account of the expedition of royal and private ships which left Plymouth in 1595 under the command of Drake and Hawkins with the aim of capturing the city of Panama. The expedition ended in total failure, both leaders died and attempt to capture Grand Canary, Puerto Rico and Panama were all r ...Show more
The Mission of Friar William of Rubruck - His Journey to the Court of the Great Khan Möngke1253-1255 by Peter Jackson (Editor); David Morgan (Editor)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volume 173 | Reading Level: very good
"William of Rubruck was a Franciscan friar who wrote the first great travel book about Asia. In 1253-55 he made the journey from the Holy Land to the court of the Great Khan M ngke at Qaraqorum in Mongolia and back again. . . . William was interested in all that he saw. . . . His account is particularly ...Show more
The Purchas Handbook - Studies of the Life, Times and Writings of Samuel Purchas, 1577-1626 Volume I and Volume II by L. E. Pennington (Editor)
$45.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volumes 185 and 186 | Reading Level: very good
The Purchas Handbook follows the model of the Society's earlier Hakluyt Handbook in providing a reference guide to the works of the Reverend Samuel Purchas (1577-1626) and a critical evaluation of his achievements as collector, editor, and author of travel literature. The Handbook attempts to evaluate h ...Show more
The Resolution Journal of Johann Reinhold Forster, 1772-1775 (Vol 1-5) by Johann Reinhold Forster; Michael E Hoare (ed.)
$145.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Series: Hakluyt Society, Second Series | Reading Level: very good
This presents the previously unpublished journal of the principal naturalist on Cook's second voyage. The introduction discusses Forster's career.