The principall nauigations, voiages and discoueries of the English nation : made by sea or ouer land, to the most remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500. yeeres: deuided into three seuerall parts, according to the positions of the regions wherunto they were directed. ... Whereunto is added the last most renowmed English nauigation, round about the whole globe of the earth. By Richard Hakluyt Master of Artes, and student sometime of Christ-church in Oxford.
1589
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Title
The principall nauigations, voiages and discoueries of the English nation : made by sea or ouer land, to the most remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500. yeeres: deuided into three seuerall parts, according to the positions of the regions wherunto they were directed. ... Whereunto is added the last most renowmed English nauigation, round about the whole globe of the earth. By Richard Hakluyt Master of Artes, and student sometime of Christ-church in Oxford.
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1589.
Description
[16], 242, [2], 243-501, [1], 506-643, [12], 644-825, [12] p., folded plate : map ; (fol.)
Associated name
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
From p. 506 on, even numbers are on rectos.
Includes index.
Leaves X4 and 4F4 are blank.
The folded engraved map, copied from the "Theatrum orbis terrarum" of Abraham Ortelius, has legend "Typus orbis terrarum".
P. 491-501 are a three-sheet cancel signed 2Y replacing original 2X5-2Y6. Variant 1: with cancellandum leaves (pagination .. 505, [1], 506- ..).
The [12] pages headed "The famous voyage of Sir Francis Drake into the South Sea .." are intended to be bound after 3M3. Variant 2: lacking these leaves.
Signatures: *⁸ A-T⁶ U-X⁴, 2A-2V⁶ 2X-2Y⁶(-2X5-2Y6+'2Y⁶'), 3A-3L⁶ 3M¹² 3N-3Y⁶, 4A-4E⁶ 4F⁴.
Entered 1 September [1589].
Includes index.
Leaves X4 and 4F4 are blank.
The folded engraved map, copied from the "Theatrum orbis terrarum" of Abraham Ortelius, has legend "Typus orbis terrarum".
P. 491-501 are a three-sheet cancel signed 2Y replacing original 2X5-2Y6. Variant 1: with cancellandum leaves (pagination .. 505, [1], 506- ..).
The [12] pages headed "The famous voyage of Sir Francis Drake into the South Sea .." are intended to be bound after 3M3. Variant 2: lacking these leaves.
Signatures: *⁸ A-T⁶ U-X⁴, 2A-2V⁶ 2X-2Y⁶(-2X5-2Y6+'2Y⁶'), 3A-3L⁶ 3M¹² 3N-3Y⁶, 4A-4E⁶ 4F⁴.
Entered 1 September [1589].
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Exhibited
Copy 1. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Lost at Sea.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 12625
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106735
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106735
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 12625 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH103/1. Variant 1. Lacking final blank. Fore-edge of t.p. mended. Morocco binding signed by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd. Provenance: Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 12625 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs181. Variant 1. Variant 2. Imperfect: lacking map (plate) and leaf X4 (blank). Manuscript markings on t.p. Two bookseller's catalog entries tipped in on front fly-leaf. Provenance: bought at sale of Robert Mengies, D.D. library, 18 February 1878; from the library of Henry F. Sewall, 1896
Call number
STC 12625.2
Folger-specific note
HH103/2. Variant 1. Lacking final blank. Manuscript notes. Cropped, affecting manuscript notes. Map in facsimile. Cancellanda present. Typed letter signed from Riviere & Sons to Harmsworth, 23 November, 1927 concerning variant issues tipped in on front fly-leaf. Cambridge-style binding. Provenance: inscriptions on p. 501 of cancel sheets: "William Fudd"; on front paste-down: "A. Holmes, 1803."; Harmsworth copy